[Reader-list] India censors the web again

[Vijender chauhan]

Yes!! I just checked and realised that I am probably a threat to nation, so
is Laltu and all bloggers on blogspot. My blog is inaccessible. Will anyone
explain why???
vijender


On 7/17/06, Kiran Jonnalagadda <jace at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> The Department of Telecommunications passed an order to ISPs Friday
> to block several websites. The list is confidential. ISPs have been
> slowly coming into compliance. SpectraNet, MTNL, Reliance, and as of
> this afternoon, Airtel. BSNL and VSNL have not started yet but likely
> will soon.
>
> The known list of blocked domains is *.blogspot.com, *.typepad.com
> and geocities.com/*
>
> Yes folks, the government has decided to censor blogs and refused to
> explain why. Shivam Vij managed to talk to Dr Gulshan Rai, director
> of CERT-IN, the only body authorised to issue a blocking directive.
> His response: "Somebody must have asked for some sites to be blocked.
> What is your problem?"
>
> I'm keeping a running log here:
> http://jace.seacrow.com/archive/2006/07/17/blogspot-blocked-by-indian-
> isps
>
> If you find several sites suddenly inaccessible today, please call
> your ISP and demand to know why. Another person is preparing to file
> an RTI application with DoT. If you can help, please join the
> coordinating group:
> http://groups.google.com/group/BloggersCollective
>
> --
> Kiran Jonnalagadda
> http://www.pobox.com/~jace
>
>
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