{"id":2082,"date":"2010-04-22T04:24:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T11:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2010-04-22T04:24:50","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T11:24:50","slug":"inernet-censorship-google-says-india-is-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2010\/rights-and-freedoms\/inernet-censorship-google-says-india-is-third.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Inernet Censorship &#8211; Google says India is THIRD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This came as a complete shock to me. India actually has the <em>third<\/em> highest Internet censorship rate in the world.<\/p>\n<p>In a dramatic move, Google yesterday released the figures of government censorship requests it receives. We &#8211; India &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest open democracy are just behind Germany and Brazil. To be fair, the list doesn&#8217;t include China &#8211; which would be numero uno of course.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe our local press hasn&#8217;t reported this. Do they think it&#8217;s not important or relevant? Why hasn&#8217;t the media highlighted our shameful position? How can we improve unless we know the facts in the first place? Thanks Google, for letting us know the truth and caring enough about it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2083\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Censorship-by-Country.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2083   \" title=\"Censorship by Country\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Censorship-by-Country.jpg\" alt=\"Censorship by Country\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Censorship-by-Country.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Censorship-by-Country-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Censorship by Country - Click for a larger image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is what our Indian government asked Google to take down between the 1st of July 2009 and the 31st of December 2009:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Blogger blogs<\/li>\n<li>1 Book Search (court  order)<\/li>\n<li>2 Geo (except Street View)<\/li>\n<li>119 orkut profiles<\/li>\n<li>1  SMS Channels<\/li>\n<li>2 Web Search<\/li>\n<li>15 YouTube<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s 142 website removal requests. And Google had to comply at least partially with 77.5% of them. The Indian government also sent out 1061 <em>data<\/em> requests &#8211; the  fourth highest in the world. Considering the fact that Internet penetration in India is still low, this represents a frightening percentage of takedown notices.<\/p>\n<p>The highest is Brazil with 219 requests. Here are some of the others:<\/p>\n<p>United States\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0123<br \/>\nSouth Korea\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a064<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a059<\/p>\n<p>A country like Pakistan is ranked waaaay down at 38 with less than 10 requests, and Google complied with <em>none<\/em> of them. It&#8217;s high time we woke up and became sensitive to the direction our Government is taking.<\/p>\n<p>The whole world seems to know about it, except for us. Two years ago, when the Indian IT amendment was notified, lots of foreign newspapers screamed about the invasive provisions, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2009\/rights-and-freedoms\/privacy\/making-india-a-police-state-why-isnt-there-an-outcry.html\">not a <em>peep<\/em> out of the the Indian ones<\/a>! And then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2009\/rights-and-freedoms\/privacy\/why-we-shouldnt-give-government-power-savita-bhabi-proof.html\">when Savita Bhabi was banned<\/a> under the new provision, there was <em>some<\/em> reaction. But why didn&#8217;t anyone see it coming?<\/p>\n<p>Why do we <em>always<\/em> sleepwalk into situations that screw us over? Why are we sleepwalking into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/tag\/unique-id-of-india\">UID number<\/a> regime without a proper debate? Our freedom fighters gave their lives to allow Indian citizens to have the freedom of expression. Why are we so willing to throw their efforts into the dust? 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