India Blocks Access Major Blog Sites

The Indian government was accused of censorship after the Department of Telecommunications was found to have given directives to regional Internet service providers to block access to blogspot.com, typepad.com and geocities. Over the weekend, the blogosphere lit up with access to these blocked. As bloggers busied themselves trying to find the reason, update upon update revealed that ISP call center representatives were instructed by the DOT to block access to the sites, but did not offer a reason why. It didn't take long bloggers using other platforms to publish their theories and some clever attacks on suburban trains in Mumbai, carried about radical Islamist groups. Only the Indian government knows the reasoning behind the measures. It seems blocking the websites would derail intelligence gathering and tip off the cells in question. | document.write("Email Murdok here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") Yahoo My Web