[Reader-list] a different twist to cyber blocking

Yousuf ysaeed7 at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 19 20:52:25 IST 2006


Here is another explanation about Indian govt's cyber-blocking, provided by Indian consulate in New york:
   
          From:  MikeGhouse at aol.com     Date:  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:59:20 EDT    Subject:  Muslim leadership
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  From: A.R.Ghanashyam <dcg at indiacgny.org>
Subject: Blog Issue  in India

July 19, 2006

Dear Sree:

Reference our discussions and correspondence on the issue of blocking of
blogs in India, we had taken up the matter with the authorities concerned in
the Department of Telecommunications in the Government of India and the
facts are as under:

A two-page write up containing extremely derogatory references to Islam 
and the holy prophet which had the potential to inflame religious 
sensitivities in India and create serious law and order problems in the 
country appeared in a blog facilitated by well known search engines. The 
matter was immediately taken note of by our CERT (Computer Emergency 
Response Team) and the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) was informed 
of it. The DOT took up the matter forthwith with the search engines and 
instructions were also issued to all Internet providers to block the two 
impertinent pages. Because of a technological error, the Internet 
providers went beyond what was expected of them which in turn resulted in 
the unfortunate blocking of all blogs. Department of Telecommunications 
have now clarified the issue and the error is being rectified and it is 
expected that normalcy in respect of blogs will soon be restored.

This is for your information.

A.R. Ghanashyam
Deputy Consul General
New York


 		
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