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Indian Government Lifts Ban on Blogs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-have-a-soapbox-and-i-must-speak dept.

iDope writes "The Department of Telecommunications of the Government of India has lifted the ban on blogs (reported previously on Slashdot) following pressure from the Indian blogger community and the media. Even with the lifting of the ban several bloggers from BloggersCollective are getting ready to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) (similar to a Class Action Lawsuit in US) in the Supreme Court of India against the Government censorship of the Internet."

2 of 135 comments (clear)

  1. Good, they need the manpower... by mobby_6kl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    to ban movies:

    "India's ruling party takes legal steps to stop a film director from making a movie about Sonia Gandhi." BBC story

  2. Now that the ban on blogs has been lifted ... by Van+Cutter+Romney · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... can we get electricity/water/food for all the poor people out there who don't even know what a blog is?

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