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Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal Wants to Censor
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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:02:10 +0530
From: Achal Prabhala <aprabhala(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Some updates on this, for anyone interested:
There's still no clarity on what Kapil Sibal meant/means; whether he's
serious; and the rules of the proposed IT act are still worrying; but at
least the outcry is now entrenched.
On Tuesday 06 December 2011 10:24 PM, Bishakha Datta wrote:
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Kim
Bruning<kim(a)bruning.xs4all.nl> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 09:25:03PM +0530, Achal
Prabhala wrote:
On Tuesday 06 December 2011 08:27 PM, Kim
Bruning wrote:
I do not believe that the Indian internet
community shares Kapil
Sibal's position. Though they'll have to speak for
themselves, of course! :-)
They have:
http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=2664
and Mr Sibal's passing thought of yesterday is probably not going
anywhere.
And hurrah for that! :-)
A cautious hurrah.
In April this year, the Indian government tried to restrict web content by
holding sites and service providers - or 'intermediaries' liable for
content.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/technology/28internet.html?_r=2&scp=1…
These new rules will be considered by Parliament in the winter session -
and continue to pose a huge threat to online freedom of expression in India.
Best
Bishakha
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