[ubuntu-in] 01. Who Is Censoring The Internet?

[Narendra Diwate]

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com>wrote:

> A simple visual about the state on censoring on the internet
>
> 01. Who Is Censoring The Internet? http://yuxiyou.net/open/
>
> which then begs questions about India
>
> which is here
> http://opennet.net/research/profiles/india
>
> It is interesting to see what sites have been blocked and why ?
>
> Like in transparency india is ranked high (wonder its it got anything
> to do with how tranparent corruption in india is)
>
> the analysis makes an interesting read however it seems to have missed
> out other sites that have been blocked on various counts, including
>  some yahoo groups.


Interesting. Other than the fact that the report is 2 years old, wonder how
things have changed in the 2 years. Also I am not so much worried about the
censorship as such, but about the restrictions that ISP's seem to put:
Controlled speeds, very high contention ratios, high cost of internet
access, stenting torrents speeds etc.

On a related note, can anyone tell me the legal status on viewing
pornography on the internet in India (in the privacy or your home, not at an
Internet cafe/public computer). It looks like it is illegal, but no
definitive view.
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Regards

Narendra Diwate
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