I've been getting emails about this from friends in India. Suddenly, they all want to know
how to get around censors. So I told them about proxies (an easy way to get around state
censorship). In fact, I may set up a proxy just for this.
Proxy servers are a pain in the butt to government officials. Someone wants to read a
webpage, but the country (pick any authoritarian government that ignores the law) has
decided she can't read it. She connects from her computer to a proxy, which then makes it
appear as if her computer is (for example) in Canada.
yrs, andreas www.andreas.com
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
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