Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Internet users protest India's blocking of Web sites
Kiran Karnick, president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies, the country's main information technology trade group, said his organization would take up the matter with the government.
"It is neither desirable nor possible to impose censorship on the Net," Karnick said.
Angry Indian Internet users exchanged mails and flooded message boards with postings to report that blogs could not be opened.
Experts, however, said that users could still access many blogs by connecting to them through third-party Web sites that the government had not blocked.
Sarabjit Roy, a cyber law expert, said blocking Web sites was a mindless exercise.
"It shows that our bureaucrats don't understand technology at all," he said.
"It is neither desirable nor possible to impose censorship on the Net," Karnick said.
Angry Indian Internet users exchanged mails and flooded message boards with postings to report that blogs could not be opened.
Experts, however, said that users could still access many blogs by connecting to them through third-party Web sites that the government had not blocked.
Sarabjit Roy, a cyber law expert, said blocking Web sites was a mindless exercise.
"It shows that our bureaucrats don't understand technology at all," he said.
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