Re: Indian censorship of porn now stupider

I believe the ISPs have already pushed back on the order, stating it to be vague.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/new-order-on-porn-ban-vague-unimplementable-isps/articleshow/48370742.cms <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/new-order-on-porn-ban-vague-unimplementable-isps/articleshow/48370742.cms>

> On 06-Aug-2015, at 12:26 AM, Arun Mehta <[email protected]> wrote:
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> http://gizmodo.com/actually-those-857-porn-sites-in-india-are-essentially-1722225843 <http://gizmodo.com/actually-those-857-porn-sites-in-india-are-essentially-1722225843>
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> India's Porn Ban Reversal Is Essentially Bullshit
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>  ISPs were given the incredibly vague directive from the Communication and Technology ministry that they are “free not to disable any of the 857 URLs,” provided the sites are child-porn free. There is, however, no mechanism in place for determining this kind of content.
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> So now, in fear of contempt of court, ISPs will actually require their employees to monitor porn sites. It's a tough job, looking at large numbers of porn video and images, but between the courts and the IT ministry, it's been decided who is going to employ the people to do it.
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> The government is dragging its feet on Internet censorship, it is the courts -- and the vigilante idiots who go to them with such matters -- taking the lead.
> 
> Arun Mehta
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