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Orkut In Pact With Indian Law Enforcement
food4thought writes "The Economic Times reports that Orkut has signed a pact with Indian Cyber Crime Cell. They have now pledged to block any 'defamatory or inflammatory content', or hand over IP address information to police if asked.' Deputy Commissioner of Police (enforcement) Sanjay Mohite said the pact means they do not have to go through the lengthy process of asking the Central government to communicate with Orkut. The practice so far has been to first send a request to the Centre's computer emergency response team in New Delhi. This team processes the request through its channels and even if a forum is finally blocked, the "culprits" still remain untraceable as no IP addresses can be obtained ... "Now we can do away with the process and not just directly ban content but also obtain details of IP addresses and service providers quickly," Mohite said.' How long before we see these 'informal arrangements' elsewhere?"
Seems like Google's moto of "Do no evil" has been replaced with "Do more profit"
Now it'll be impossible to post "holy cow!" anywhere on Orkut...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Will anyone sponsor me to submit my 'one-click arrest' patent?
So, this is effectively a non-story then. Unless there's been a sudden surge in Brazilian immigrants to India, that is.
Yeah, the Indian authorities want to keep people from kissing in public on Orkut.
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