The clamp down on blogging following 7/11 blasts has now been revoked, not because the blogging community had expressed unhappiness, but intelligence agencies pointed out that the ban is limiting their scope of investigations into the serial blasts.
Monday, August 07, 2006
Blog bans in India thought to be counter productive
It is well known that the Indian Government ordered local ISPs to restrict access to certain religious/political blogs in India. The ISPs went a step further and blocked all blogspot including typepad blogs even when these sites were not mentioned in the official directive.
The clamp down on blogging following 7/11 blasts has now been revoked, not because the blogging community had expressed unhappiness, but intelligence agencies pointed out that the ban is limiting their scope of investigations into the serial blasts.
Blogging is back, but under lens
The clamp down on blogging following 7/11 blasts has now been revoked, not because the blogging community had expressed unhappiness, but intelligence agencies pointed out that the ban is limiting their scope of investigations into the serial blasts.
