India Wants to Set Up a Censorship of the Web
The Indian government has asked Facebook, Google, Yahoo! and other Web giants verify the content of their sites to prevent publication of a defamatory or offensive. The Minister for Communications, Kapil Sibal, met in New Delhi representatives of international groups and asked them to ensure that all contents are checked before being posted on their networks, said Tuesday the Indian press.
A spokesman for the Congress Party to power , Abhishek Manu Singhvi, confirmed the meeting, stating that “the discussions are only related to the absolutely illegal, defamatory or pornographic” . The government denies wanting to impose political censorship , but argues for a mechanism of “self” to block offensive content.
According to the daily Hindustan Times , the Internet giants have firmly rejected the Minister’s request, arguing that a huge amount of information was posted on social networks in India and they were not responsible for their content . This is not the first time that India is trying to impose control of social networks: this summer, the authorities had already approached several U.S. companies about this.
Kapil Sibal has cited the example of a religious site on which pornographic images were published, the newspaper said quoting sources who requested anonymity. On the same day, the minister complained in the past a site that had attacked Sonia Gandhi , the influential president of the Congress Party. He also asked whether they are men, not technology, that verify the site content before publication.
Several months ago, India had threatened to close two of BlackBerry messaging services , known for its smartphone encryption systems secure, and used by 1.1 million people in the country. The country had said feared that the courier encrypted BlackBerry being used by activists to organize attacks without their communications can be intercepted by law enforcement.
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