Hi The bums in the government, along with them, all the political class, seem to have no clue about how the Net came into being and how it evolve(s)d. Anything coming out from the government regarding the Net, be it that their intentions look good (or does it really?), evokes suspicion about them trying to hold onto one thing that would ensure their political survival, which is ignorance of the masses.
Finally the likes of Sibal seems to have found the holy grail coveted by any a political seeker who wishes to curtail the Net, to attach the freedom of speech in the Net to something called "blasphemy" and religious sentiments. I am sure Kapil Sibel is in for a good kick in the teeth before he sheds his asinine views. May be he hasn't heard of what happened to Bill Clinton's take on Net, when trying to legislate CDA act in US, in 1996. regards Nataraj On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM, sudha nambudiri <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > What does this mean? The govt in power will set the agenda. > > Sudha > > Guidelines to regulate Internet content soon: Govt > Guidelines will ensure that blasphemous content is not part of any > platform on the Internet > > New Delhi: Reacting heavily on the blasphemous content being uploaded > on various internet platforms, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday > said the government will make guidelines to regulate it. > "We will certainly formulate guidelines to ensure that such > blasphemous content is not part of any platform," the Minister told > reporters here. > However, he did not give any timeframe for that. "Allow us some time, > we will let you know." > Sibal said the government is very concerned about the blasphemous > content being posted on different websites, which hurts people, > especially religious communities. > Sibal said his Ministry had asked companies like Google, Yahoo, > Microsoft and Facebook to suggest ways how to control the content. > In this regard, Sibal met senior functionaries of these websites on > Monday and asked them to evolve a mechanism to filter such content > that could create social tension. > > > -- > With warm regards > > Sudha Nambudiri > Special Correspondent > Times of India > Kochi > +919446401168, +919447483500 > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
