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India Blocks Yahoo Groups Over Political Content

Posted by simoniker on from the brute-force-embargo dept.

Ryan Barrett writes "In an attempt to shut down the Yahoo Group of a separatist political movement, the Indian government's CERT organization ended up blocking its country from accessing Yahoo Groups as a whole. China's censorship of the Internet in the past few years has been unsettling, but most people have accepted it as a by-product of China's form of government. Given that India's form of government is clearly different, this is much more chilling."

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  1. Quickly mirror the groups everywhere... by codepunk · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can totally remove india from the internet just mirror the groups everywhere...

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  2. More. by CGP314 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Over the past two weeks, India's dozens of Internet service providers have been notified by the government to block access to a Yahoo discussion group called "Kynhun - Bri U Hynniewtrep." The group, which has about two dozen members...

    I bet they get more after this amount of news attention.

  3. New Headline by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 2, Funny

    India Blocks Yahoo Groups: Sikh and Wrong

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  4. Re:Plenty more to block! by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "This government is doing nothing more than trying to please people. Many people will be pleased, and many will be displeased."

    Hmm... Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.

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