What Mr Narendra is true, but to a limited extent only. The damage if any caused by print media is much less than the one which the electronic media or the Net is capable of doing. The question of having more stringent laws or powers needs a larger debate. Any amount of censorship or even a milder version of self-regulatory discipline surely has a larger ramification. There is no denying the fact that the government needs stronger teeth, a stringent law to put an end to the menace of obscenity in Facebook, derogatory or lascivious material in google or in Yahoo! etc. But that is what CERT-In has just been empowered w.e.f. 27 Oct 2009. How many sites have been monitored, how much traffic has been monitored how many intercepted and how many blocked with the powers vested on it, by CERT-In so far? What is the HR adequacy and technical capability and administrative infrastructure given to CERT-In? Do the people (or even the Police) know that CERT-In has got these powers? Not that Kapil Sibal does not know these. Working straight under his Ministry, he certainly knows the powers vested with CERT-In. There is a reasonably justified fear that if the government gets any new powers (to block or otherwise restrict) the objectionable websites, how much of such powers will be used, misused and abused? Can anyone guarantee that the proposed leaks by Wikileaks (scheduled for sometime early 2012) of the foreign invested black money details, will not be blocked by the government taking cover under some such authorities? Powers certainly are required, but with due procedures in law and under proper supervision. Let that be strengthened and be made effective. I am sure, self-discipline will NOT work in India. We see that no traffic signal is obeyed when there is no traffic cop around. And these foreign players like Microsoft, Google etc. (who have met Kapil Sibal yesterday) are not known for their obedience. V Rajendran Advocate and Cyber Law Consultant +91-44-22473849; 9444073849 --- On Wed, 12/7/11, S. Narendra <sunarendra@gmail.com> wrote:
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Re: [prpoint] Kapil Sibal initiates a debate on social media
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