[Reader-list] censorship

[Arun Mehta]

Oh, I agree entirely about the dangers of censorship, the convoluted ways 
we have to deny people's rights and the need to stay vigilant and discuss 
these encroachments. I just didn't quite see this particular danger -- 
however, let us have a discussion on this at Sarai some time? This kind of 
subject will surely attract lots of people.
Arun
At 4/13/2001, Monica Narula wrote:
>well, perhaps i was being trigger happy in saying that this could happen 
>in India in such a way. But i still think that because of the complete 
>lack of transparency of the indian state, many things are enforced without 
>the public necessarily getting to know about them (and the other matter of 
>the fact that there is very little discussion even when they do..) But we 
>are aware of censorship by the state to what it thinks is 'anti-national' 
>and how this is considered acceptable by so many, even otherwise 
>conflicting, factions. Perhaps the muzzling of voices will not happen in 
>such a transparent way at all but through neverending red tapism, and 
>police rights (such as they were trying to pass in the IT bill) and it 
>would happen case by case, and therefore insidiously..
>
>I might still be overreacting arun. What do you think?
>
>
>>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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