Yesterday we had done a post based on a New York Times report that the Indian government has asked Internet companies and social media sites like Facebook to prescreen user content from India and to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content before it goes online.
Looks like the social media sphere is striking back as the twitter hashtag #IdiotKapilSibal is trending in India which shows tweeps’ discontent against the move. Kapil Sibal is India’s acting telecommunications minister who met top officials from the Indian units of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook yesterday.
What do you think? Do share your thoughts. If the government intervenes in social media content we may not be able to discuss this without its consent.
why can’t they get rid of the old world mentality ? do we want to become the socialist’s champions ? just what is the honorable minister’s objective ? this is not the first time that the minister has raised this issue. why censorship ?
the political system and the political parties are the primary trouble
makers, not the general public. bandhs are not organized by public. there is no looting that is sponsored by the public. pretty much everything on a political scale is directly related to some political outfit or the other, small ones big ones, national parties/ regional parties, etc.
there is this fear of losing the almost feudal power that was inherited. the ministers were thus far used to the absolute power and the inherited power currency , the purchase and the mindshare. so, perhaps people power scares them. the entitlement is no longer there on the platter. perhaps the jasmine revolution has set the powers that be scurrying to safer and higher grounds, and they want to ensure their safety in every possible way!
this is logic defying move by the minister.
The pproposed move by Kapil Sibal appears more bullying than socially oriented concern. It is just a step short of restricting transparency and has all the smackings of pre-emergency climate of 1975.