The Internet Strikes Back

Looks like most people felt the same way as me about Kapil Sibal’s attempt to censor free speech on the Net. The ignorant moron, Sibal, hadn’t listed Twitter on the list of companies that he wanted to “filter” content (he doesn’t even know the list of the most popular sites where people voice their opinions, but hey, he wants the Net filtered!). Maybe someone should tell him to read Shobhaa De’s tweet:

“Sibalsaab,such outrage 2 protect privacy of one ‘Madam’ in a country of 100 million internet users? We like our freedom and we shall have it!”

Maybe he will throw De into prison for that. Because jail is the “right” place for anyone in favour of free speech as per the Emergency party, er, Congress party. Sonia is definitely Indira’s heir! And Sibal could be her Sanjay Gandhi.

Then the enemies of India (no, not terrorists or corrupt politicians but the users of the Net) hacked the Congress party’s website on Sonia’s b’day and added porn messages. So Sibal, tell me, would Google and Facebook filtering content have prevented this problem?

And while you’re at it, Sibal, think of how to handle sites like the Wall Street Journal. Because they posted this article with a sarcastic code of conduct approved by your gang of thieves, er, government, that includes items like:

- “Only photographs that show Congress President Sonia Gandhi from the left (hereinafter referred to as “her good side”) shall be permitted.”

- “Any photograph of Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani must show him with at least a week’s beard and a gob of phlegm in either corner of his mouth, while wearing a moth-eaten cardigan and holding up his trousers.”

- “Community standards of America will not apply in India. Those of North Korea will.”

Sibal, these are not comments posted below the article, they are part of the WSJ article itself. Your directive to Google and Facebook wouldn’t prevent news sites from mocking Madam. How would you handle that?

Maybe it’s time for geniuses like you to take a crash course on how the Net works before applying your caveman tactics to censor content. In the land of IT professionals, it shouldn’t be so hard to find someone who can teach even a dimwit like you.

Comments

  1. KumarDecember 12, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    Sibal-ji may take the recommended crash course on how the Net works. But he is a politician; so it may only help him produce more political speech, in other words, more rubbish!

    Better to give Sibal-ji crash courses in gag technology and jail packing. Why Sibal-ji alone? - all politicians are eager to make a gate-crash for these much coveted courses! :-)

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