What’s interesting here is that most of the sites being blocked appear to be sites used by developers and tech support, even going as far as to block phorkie (an open source project that allows people to set up their own equivalent of pastebin). ![]() The sites that have removed objectionable content and/or cooperated with the on going investigations, are being unblocked.”Įven so, taking down entire Web sites - especially major ones like GitHub and - is clearly a completely disproportionate response, and shows the dangers of using this very crude approach.įollow me on Twitter or identi.ca, and +glynmoody on Google+įiled Under: blocks, censorship, copyright, filter, indiaĬompanies:, dailymotion, github, internet archive, pastebin, vimeo The websites were blocked for hosting content that is pro terrorist group ISIS and not cooperating with government investigations, officials said.Īrvind Gupta, the head of IT Cell, BJP Tweeted: “The websites that have been blocked were based on an advisory by Anti Terrorism Squad, and were carrying Anti India content from ISIS. Update: The Economic Times of India provides more information about what is happening here (via Arijit Banik): However, the key nature of many of the sites affected, and the fact that entire sites, rather than just some of their pages, were blocked, is bound to lead to calls for this blunt instrument to be refined before it is used again. He also points out that this is not the first time this has happened. It’s not clear why these sites have been blocked in this way, but Prakash, who is Policy Director at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, believes it may be because of a court order in a copyright case. Here’s the list posted by Pranesh Prakash: However, we have not been able to verify the authenticity of the circular. DoT has also asked ISPs to submit compliance reports. The notification mentions that 32 URLs including Pastebin, video sharing sites Vimeo and DailyMotion, Internet archive site and ( a web-based software code repository), have been blocked under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. A screenshot of the circular has been posted on Twitter by Pranesh Prakash. The telecom body reportedly issued a notification regarding the same on December 17. It now appears that the blocks are being carried out on the instructions of DoT (Department of Telecom). ![]() According to a developing story in the Times of India, some users in India are unable to access major international Web sites, including GitHub, Pastebin and DailyMotion:
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