[Reader-list] censorship

[Arun Mehta]

At 4/6/2001, Monica Narula wrote:
>...One can imagine it happening in this part of the world fairly easily..
>
>Monica
>
>Yesterday a liberticide law has been approved by the Italian Parliament.
>
>  The law clearly state that the publishers of periodical news on the
>  web who are not 'professional' journalists (or write on behalf of
>  them) could be fined for up to 250 dollars and arrested for up to two
>  years, and accused of the 'clandestine press' crime.

I don't think this could easily happen in India. IT is sort of becoming a 
holy cow, and such a ban would be quickly branded "anti-IT", don't you 
think? It would immediately be considered an attempt to muzzle future 
Tehelkas. And also note, this came in Italy not from the government, but 
under pressure from the media barons. In India, this lobby isn't that 
powerful, it seems to me.



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