Hello all,
Just to follow up on the internet censorship debacle we had recently.
For those who came in late, read up at http://censorship.wikia.com/
wiki/Bloggers_Against_Censorship
The blanket ban on blogspot has been lifted now, but certain sites
continue to be banned, with no explanation for why. I wrote this bit
summarising the collective opinion of those participated in the
protest last week: http://jace.seacrow.com/archive/2006/07/23/long-dawn
I think it is abundantly clear now that we need a lobbying front for
the rights of internet users in India, somewhat akin to the EFF. This
front must necessarily be a legal and media collective. I'm given to
understand this has been attempted before but always fallen apart for
lack of a full-time coordinator. We're going to have the same problem
again unless appointing said coordinator becomes the first priority.
Thoughts?
--
Kiran Jonnalagadda
http://www.pobox.com/~jace
