[governance] FW: [TriumphOfContent] Worried government moves to block anti-Islam film

[michael gurstein]

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Worried government moves to block anti-Islam film


TNN | Sep 14, 2012, 04.17AM IST 

 

NEW DELHI: Apprehending disturbances over a controversial anti-Islam movie
that sparked massive anti-US protests in Libya,
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Egypt> Egypt and
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Yemen> Yemen, the government on
Thursday asked Google to block 11 URLs of the popular video site
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/YouTube> YouTube containing
objectionable excerpts from the film. The US-based Google, which owns
YouTube, is likely to ban these URLs soon.

"A request to Google was made acting on the request of the Jammu & Kashmir
government which forwarded a court order for getting those web pages removed
as soon as possible," said a home ministry official. He said the request had
been sent by the department of telecommunication through the director
general of
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Computer-Emergency-Response-Team-I
ndia> Computer Emergency Response Team India(CERT-In) for immediate action.

As reports came in of
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Afghanistan> Afghanistan and
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Pakistan> Pakistan also blocking
access to these sites, Google in a statement said, "We work hard to create a
community everyone can enjoy and which also enables people to express
different opinions. This can be a challenge because what's OK in one country
can be offensive elsewhere. This video - which is widely available on the
Web - is clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on YouTube. However,
given the very difficult situation in
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Libya> Libya and Egypt we have
temporarily restricted access in both countries."

Government has already beefed up security at the US embassy and four of its
consulates - Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad. The five US diplomatic
missions are being provided round-the-clock security.

Times View

Internet search engines and social media platforms need to exhibit a greater
awareness of varying cultural sensibilities given the fact that their reach
extends to the whole world. Sticking to the letter of the law may be a
tenable legal position, but they must take into account the consequences of
doing so. Where waiting for the legal process to unfold or for governments
to ask them to take something off the net can mean several lives getting
lost or communities and nations getting pitted against each other, they must
show more common sense and act before they are asked to do so.

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nti-Islam-film/articleshow/16390107.cms 

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