Bloggers blocked
"Liberty of thaughts, expression, belief, faith and worship" - these are the words that can be found in the preamble of India, but something unfortunate happen in the past few days where approx. 17 of the sites where blocked by the ISP's like like Spectranet, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), Reliance Powersurfer, Airtel Broadband and Sify on getting the direcktives from the government of india. I believe that is the mockery of the preamble tht we have made expressing wht we(Indians) believe, by curbing the "liberty of expression".
In the past few years the blogs has become one of the fastest and effective ways of communication as u get ample space and you are free to express ur views, but i believe tht this liberty should not be misused. Reacting to the situations , several bloggers have organised themselves into a bloggers collective and are planning to file a Right To Information application to obtain the list.
Under the Information Technology Act, 2000, a body called the Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT - IN, was created along the lines of similar authorities the world over. Although its main task is in the domain of Internet security, it also oversees Internet censorship under a clause that seeks to ensure 'balanced flow of information.' Any government department seeking a block on any web site has to approach CERT-IN, which then instructs the DoT to block the site after confirming the authenticity of the complaint.
In 2003, one of the first things CERT-IN did was to approve the blocking of an obscure mailing list run by a banned militant outfit, the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) of the Khasi tribe in Meghalaya. Ironically, the popularity and visibility of the list went up by leaps and bounds, despite it being blocked by all ISPs. Many could still see the list via email or proxy surfing. (source www.Rediff.com)
I still have doubt abt the reason for blocking such sites..does the terrorist really be using such open media..where anybody can have access to there blogs and ask people for Jihad. Still a more detail probe is required before DOT acts in such a way and constraint people from expressing there views.
In the past few years the blogs has become one of the fastest and effective ways of communication as u get ample space and you are free to express ur views, but i believe tht this liberty should not be misused. Reacting to the situations , several bloggers have organised themselves into a bloggers collective and are planning to file a Right To Information application to obtain the list.
Under the Information Technology Act, 2000, a body called the Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT - IN, was created along the lines of similar authorities the world over. Although its main task is in the domain of Internet security, it also oversees Internet censorship under a clause that seeks to ensure 'balanced flow of information.' Any government department seeking a block on any web site has to approach CERT-IN, which then instructs the DoT to block the site after confirming the authenticity of the complaint.
In 2003, one of the first things CERT-IN did was to approve the blocking of an obscure mailing list run by a banned militant outfit, the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) of the Khasi tribe in Meghalaya. Ironically, the popularity and visibility of the list went up by leaps and bounds, despite it being blocked by all ISPs. Many could still see the list via email or proxy surfing. (source www.Rediff.com)
I still have doubt abt the reason for blocking such sites..does the terrorist really be using such open media..where anybody can have access to there blogs and ask people for Jihad. Still a more detail probe is required before DOT acts in such a way and constraint people from expressing there views.
posted by NRJ at 4:39 PM
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