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US Officials Rebuke India's Request To Subpoena Facebook, Google
hypnosec writes "U.S. officials have told the Indian Government that they will not be able to serve summons to the executives of companies like Google and Facebook because they are not convinced that the content hosted on these sites can cause violence and that these summons impact 'free speech principles.' The reply comes as a response to India's request to the US to help serve papers to 11 Internet companies accused of hosting content on their sites that was meant to fuel communal hatred and violence. The U.S. authorities said that there are limitations when it comes to protection on free speech — when the speech comprises a true threat or provokes imminent violence — but in this particular case there is not sufficient evidence of either of these."
I would invite some Indian people to weigh in on what "hate speech" means in India. Any speech that might lead to discord between any two or more religious believers seems to qualify. And, I mean any such speech. It seems that Indians take license to be violent if they hear anything that denigrates any of their gods. And, India is also host to a number of Muslims, who we know reserve license to be violent if they hear something THEY deem offensive. Pakistan and Afghanistan both make fine examples of that stuff.
Oh yeah - in India, men also assume license to violent gang rape any time they find a woman alone, without defense. Actually, it doesn't even have to be a woman - two five year old girls have been brutally raped in recent weeks. One is dead, the other was left for dead. Until recently, the cops would just shrug and wink, on the supposition that an unattended female deserved being raped.
They have problems over there - it's a whole different world. I certainly wouldn't want to see western governments honoring these type of subpoenas.
East is east, and west is west, and despite globalization, never the twain shall meet.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
Generalize? Hello - here's a wake up call.
India has these draconian laws specifically BECAUSE all those various peoples have used any excuse to go wild and act violently whenever they feel like it.
All the same? Well - of course not. If everyone were the same, there wouldn't be much of an excuse to go wild, now would there?
Today, Indians are crying loudly about gross injustices. Women are crying the loudest, and they are joined by decent men who love their women. Gang rapes are COMMON in India. And, the cops don't investigate them. It is presumed that a lone woman is to be preyed upon. Some of my reading suggests that as many as 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 women are assaulted in India. Especially in the cities, but it isn't uncommon out in the countryside either.
You call it generalizing if you wish. I stand by my post.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br