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India Blocks Yahoo Groups Over Political Content
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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MSN isn't mentioned in article. Hynniebinwtrep
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and prevent other sites from disclosing information about the ban,
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KARACHI, May 30: A Washington-based news website - South Asia Tribune - has claimed that the government has blocked access to its URL. A press statement issued by the Tribune on Friday said Internet access to their website, www.satribune.com, "has been blocked" by Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE), the Internet backbone provider for Pakistan. But Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari expressed his ignorance about the development when asked to comment about the alleged denial of access to the website.
This is going to happen, sooner of later, in any nation which doesn't have some analogue of the First Amendment.
I call BS.
The US Constitution is nothing more, nor less, than a piece of paper that still relies upon human beings doing their part to uphold its ideals. Equally all it takes is a collection of people in power to completely ignore or remove any perceived "protection" that it creates. This is already happening to some extent in the US under the guise of "anti-terrorism" activities.
This is not more, nor less, than any other country has the potential to do, with or without some piece of paper to tell them.
The key to avoiding censorship issues is not some piece of paper that (comparatively) still has wet ink. The key is education and ethics, neither of which can be effectively legislated and neither of which will happen in the short term.
The US Constitution is a nice piece of paper, but that's all it is.
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I think India has a analogue of the first amendment.Roughly from what I learnt in school Free speech is a "fundamental right" guaranteed by the constitution.
However India has the same problem as that of the US. Because of "terrorist" attacks leaders are empowered to pass Draconian laws. Indias equivalent of the Patriot Act is POTA(Prevention of Terrorist Activities). The government can simply brandish all dissent as terrorism To be fair i side with the government in this case since I think the group is upto no good. But free speech issues remain !
However I cannot figure out why it is so difficult to shut down one group within Yahoo?
Also why is the story appearing so late. I cannot access Y Groups for a week now which included a crucial peroiod when all my assignments ( okay solutions ) were distributed through the group. The good news is that I still recieve the emails but web access is so important esp the facility to search archives
Communism is form of anarchy in which all workers contribute according to their abilities, and all receive according to their needs. In theory it is preceeded by a state known as "socialism" in which everything is owned by the working class (i.e., proletariat), but the working class is represented and governed by a dictatorship of the proletariat, which completely plans and organizes all economic activities. In the socialist phase, democratic rights are not respected, because they run counter to the central planning of the economy. Eventually, the dictatorship is supposed to "melt away" to form true Communism, but this has never happened in practice.
Pre-Communist socialism is not to be confused with democratic socialism, which has been practiced from time to time in various western countries. In this form of government, all major industries and resources are owned by the state. However, private businesses are allowed, and democratic rights are respected. Examples: pre-Thatcher Britain, pre-1990 Scandinavia
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Documents don't hold much weight unless you have honest people running the place. Unfortunalty, it seems that the only thing your constitution can do is give people a clear goal to fight for.
This type of behavior would appear to be blocked by the lines: "LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship," "Right to Freedom," and " Cultural and Educational Right."
Although, the line: "To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India," would appear to allow them to silence any opposition to their government.
Just some food for thought from a first time poster.
Claiming India is a democracy is an insult to democrats everywhere. India is a kleptocracy, a govt HIGHLY corrupt and serves only the elites. If India is a democracy, Zimbabwe is too...
India is one of the least democratic countries in Asia. This is a country that would let millions starve to death while implementing policies helping the wealthy. This is a country that will lock up political dissidents, censor films, and ban anything threatening to the establishment.
The only reason anyone even considers India to be a "model" democracy is because of US propaganda during the Cold War. USA spent tens of millions--if not more--initiating propaganda campaigns in order to battle the Communists. Needless to say, the "brainwashed" population of the world actually believed it. Now that the Cold War is over, very few consider it to be a democracy. It wouldn't suprise me if the US govt considers the Chinese govt to be more "democratic" than India now.
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