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July 20, 2006
India reversing direction?
It looks like the blog ban in India is going to be narrowed in a hurry:
"An advisory is being sent from ISPAI to member ISPs saying they should configure their Domain Name Servers (DNS) in such a way that they block only the sub-domains DoT wants blocked," said Singhal, adding, "It would help if, in future, DoT could also mention the mechanism by which sites should be blocked."
It seems that instead of blocking the 17 individual sites that the Government wanted blocked the companies blocked whole blog domains.
Either way it still is delivering a ton of bad press:
As news of the blockade spread to the national and international media, Indian bloggers -- organised (sic) under the Bloggers Against Censorship banner -- continued to devise a strategy to counter it. Some have filed Right to Information applications, while others are considering a Public Interest Litigation. They say they are against any kind of censorship, even that of non-blog Web sites such as HinduUnity.org
17 sites 17000 sites; free speech is free speech and India is making a large mistake here. We will see how long it takes for internal and external pressures to reverse this decision particularly since you can get around it with a $26 piece of software.
Hat Tip Michelle Malkin
Posted by Peter at July 20, 2006 11:51 AM
