Comments on: Govt. can block websites (and you cannot contest the decision) – IT Act Bill http://www.pluggd.in/indian-it-amendment-act-2008-297/ We Heart Startups! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Indian Government Wants to Play Big Brother – Major Ammendments Proposed to the Indian IT Act of 2008 | My Country - India | Pallab dot Net | Pallab dot Net http://www.pluggd.in/indian-it-amendment-act-2008-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109151 Indian Government Wants to Play Big Brother – Major Ammendments Proposed to the Indian IT Act of 2008 | My Country - India | Pallab dot Net | Pallab dot Net Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:57:42 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/indian-itamendment-act-2008-297/#comment-109151 [...] The Telegraph and Pluggd] [Image courtesy [...] [...] The Telegraph and Pluggd] [Image courtesy [...]

]]> By: niranjan http://www.pluggd.in/indian-it-amendment-act-2008-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109134 niranjan Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:53:03 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/indian-itamendment-act-2008-297/#comment-109134 Did you mean Chinese hat? They have more control over Internet and its traffic than the governance-challenged Talibans!! But I believe this was necessary and over due for a long time. A medium like the Internet if left uncontrolled may definitely be misused, abused or used against easily, which is of course, happening rampantly. One remote fear is conspiracy for control and polarization of news, coverage and opinions for the Internet as done for print and TV media. We already know how print and tv was (ab?)used during the 2009 assembly elections. This is not an impossible task as ‘The great firewall of China’ is successful to a some extent; I wouldn't think this would happen to us, at least in near future. And I guess many of us shouldn’t fear having our sites blocked; but the reasons mentioned are much valid and needed. Two more reasons I like to add are copyright infringement and privacy breach. CERT India actually exists since long (www.cert-in.org.in), they are only talking of empowering them now. Did you mean Chinese hat? They have more control over Internet and its traffic than the governance-challenged Talibans!!

But I believe this was necessary and over due for a long time. A medium like the Internet if left uncontrolled may definitely be misused, abused or used against easily, which is of course, happening rampantly.

One remote fear is conspiracy for control and polarization of news, coverage and opinions for the Internet as done for print and TV media. We already know how print and tv was (ab?)used during the 2009 assembly elections. This is not an impossible task as ‘The great firewall of China’ is successful to a some extent; I wouldn’t think this would happen to us, at least in near future.

And I guess many of us shouldn’t fear having our sites blocked; but the reasons mentioned are much valid and needed. Two more reasons I like to add are copyright infringement and privacy breach.

CERT India actually exists since long (www.cert-in.org.in), they are only talking of empowering them now.

]]> By: Naavi http://www.pluggd.in/indian-it-amendment-act-2008-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109129 Naavi Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:22:19 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/indian-itamendment-act-2008-297/#comment-109129 We need a Netizen Rights Protection Commission/advisory body to ensure that the powers are not abused in course of time. More detailed discussion is available at www.naavi.org We need a Netizen Rights Protection Commission/advisory body to ensure that the powers are not abused in course of time. More detailed discussion is available at http://www.naavi.org

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