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Facebook Tells India It Won't Help Censor the Web

Posted by samzenpus on from the censor-it-yourself dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Indian Communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal yesterday announced a proposal to have technology companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and Twitter pre-screen user generated content so that community sentiments are not hurt. Social media platforms are being asked to censor whatever politicians deem objectionable and too offensive for the Internet. Sibal called a news conference when the story broke, and following it, Facebook responded to say that it can't help in the effort."

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  1. Simple by Toe,+The · · Score: 5, Informative

    Facebook doesn't want to censor: they want free flow of as much information as possible. The more that's out there, the more data they have to mine and sell.

  2. Re:PR Giveaway by xaxa · · Score: 5, Informative

    Small Internet user base? Little country? Are we still discussing India?

    There are more Indians online than British people. India is 6th. CIA world factbook (and that's from 2009, I wouldn't be surprised if India is now ahead of Germany. Most Germans who want to be online are; that's not the case for India.)

    Let's have some respect for the world's largest democracy, please.