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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | CPI criticises move to ‘censor' online content

CPI criticises move to ‘censor' online content

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published Published on Dec 11, 2011   modified Modified on Dec 11, 2011
-The Hindu
 
The Communist Party of India has criticised the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government for proposing to impose curbs on freedom of expression claiming the proposed curbs, though indirect, on social networking sites were a blot on the country's image.

The defence of Union Communications Minister Kapil Sibal did not hold ground in that there were several laws to punish people spreading communal and anti-national messages through any medium, CPI deputy general secretary S. Sudhakar Reddy said. He was responding to Mr. Sibal's direction to social networking websites to remove ‘disparaging and defamatory' content, particularly those relating to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or face action.

Mr. Sibal, at a meeting with senior functionaries of the websites recently asked them to evolve a mechanism to filter such ‘inflammatory' content that could create social tension. Mr. Sudhakar Reddy said the existing laws should be strengthened and implemented better but censoring online content before its publication was not acceptable.

Given the international dimension of the matter, the Prime Minister should clarify on the issue and assure the people that no such repressive measures would be implemented. “The falling popularity of the government cannot be saved by such measures,” he said adding people would never allow such repressive measures.


The Hindu, 12 December, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2707672.ece


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