[lit-ideas] Blogs 'deemed threatening to the state'
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:05:11 -0700
INDIA CLAMPS DOWN ON BLOGS
The Indian government has ordered the country's 153 ISPs to block
access to 17 Web sites, some of them blogs, causing an outcry among the
country's bloggers. The government issued a directive in 2003 noting
that it has the authority to restrict Web sites if they are deemed
threatening to the state or its relationship with other countries or
could potentially incite crime. The blogging community in India has
reacted strongly, criticizing the government for censoring free speech.
One blogger, Amit Agarwal, said his country has "joined the Internet
Filtering Club of China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Ethiopia." Others
expressed fears that the government is trying to restrict all blogs in
the country, a charge the government denied.
BBC, 19 July 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5194172.stm
Robert Paul
The Philosophical Annex
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