Saturday, 22 July 2006
First China and now India
You've probably heard about this by now but since it seems to be a nasty trend I think we all should do something about it, don't you think?! First, what am I going on about:
Bloggers' fury as India blocks sites
Randeep Ramesh in New Delhi
Wednesday July 19, 2006
The Guardian
Indian censors have blocked access to a number of popular blogging sites on grounds of national security, causing outrage to thousands of bloggers.
The directive from the department of telecommunications (DoT) came days after the Mumbai blasts, and was aimed at shutting 17 blogs which carried material from religious and political extremists. But service providers were forced to cut all major sites, including the popular Geocities, Typepad and Google's Blogspot. Since then cyberspace has been filled with angry emails from bloggers in India who have attacked the government's "ham-handed, delinquent" move.
To read the full story.
WE CANNOT STAY SILENT! Please visit Irrepressible.info, sign the petition and publish censored material on your blog (see the small green white banner on my left sidebar) to ensure freedom on the net!
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