[Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal Wants to Censor social

[Achal Prabhala]

Some updates on this, for anyone interested:

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/any-normal-human-being-would-be-offended/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/facebook-google-tell-india-they-wont-screen-for-derogatory-content/2011/12/06/gIQAUo59YO_blog.html

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/12/06/indias-dreams-of-web-censorship/#axzz1fpN86lWI

http://www.legallyindia.com/201112072434/Regulatory/kapil-sibal-to-sterilise-net-but-cis-sting-shows-6-out-of-7-websites-already-trigger-happy-to-censor-content-under-chilling-it-act

http://www.livemint.com/2011/12/06130244/Govt-wants-to-scrub-the-Intern.html

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 at 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&sq=india%20online&st=cse
>
> 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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