Argonath RPG - A World of its own
Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => World and local news => Topic started by: Exterminator on August 04, 2015, 03:19:21 pm
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New Delhi: A leaked copy of the purported order issued by the Department of Telecommunications lists all the 857 websites that have been ordered to be blocked in India by the Department of Telecommunications.
The confidential order dated July 31, 2015 addressed to all Internet service licensees asks for the "disablement" of 857 URLs" under "the provision of section 7913)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 as the content hosted on these websites relate to morality, decency as given in Article 19(2)of the Constitution of India."
The confidential order dated July 31, 2015 addressed to ISPs asks for the "disablement" of 857 URLs" under "the provision of section 7913)(b) of the IT Act, 2000.
#Centre for Internet and Society #internet censorship in india #list of bloacked porn websites in india #online censorship
But not all the websites in the list of 857 can actually be classified as pornographic websites. The list includes the likes of College Humor that is a popular comedy website and 9GAG, a social sharing website.
This is the "the largest single order" of such a nature, says Pranesh Prakash, policy director at Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), which has posted a copy on its website.
The ISPs have been directed to "take necessary action as per the direction of the DeitY (Department of Electronics and Information Technology)" and have been prevented from reproducing the compliance letter with instructions to keep the contents of the letter confidential. Many of the websites listed have also been blocked in previous instances.
The government usually keeps its actions around online censorship secret. "While the state has the power of blocking content, doing so in secrecy and without judicial scrutiny, mark deficiencies that remain in the procedure outlined under the provisions of the blocking rules," observes the CIS in an April 2015 report.
This latest attempt by the government to censor Internet content in India first spread via a Reddit thread titled, "Are porn sites getting blocked?" and then the word of the porn ban spread via social networking services.
Last month, the Supreme Court had issued declined to block pornography websites in India and Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu too observed that banning the watching of pornography at home would be a violation of Article 21, the Right to Personal Liberty.
So far, it is confirmed that the blocked websites include 9gag and collegehumor. This was a surprise wave though, the second wave is coming where anybody who doesn't like a popular website can report it to be blocked for having 'indecent' content. The content does not strictly need to be pornographic, simple 'indecent'.
Further, since most ISPs are using a carpet block by simply blocking IP Address ranges, many, many websites are blocked even though they never had anything to do with 'indecent' content.
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rip
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Hope they dont ban Youtube too :v:
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rip
Ew
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The Internet is suppose to be a place of freedom expression and openness. This is wrong.
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The Internet is suppose to be a place of freedom expression and openness. This is wrong.
This has actually been going on for a while now. Practically all online video sites are already blocked. They just blocked too many porn sites at once for it to go unnoticed by the media.
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Korea much
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..and adults are shy to defend their personal liberty
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Let's wave our players in India goodbye. Not long before anyone will block Argonath there. :gand:
On a more serious note, India is not the only country involved in this, the freedom of the internet will be taken away if we are not careful.
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Indians be like
(https://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/4-11/8MqnRjQsyM-4.png)
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RIP Fapperino
If they banned it in the UK I would have to migrate elsewhere.
What can I say, im a wanker. :lol:
Indians be like
(https://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/4-11/8MqnRjQsyM-4.png)
Kaseem won't go home now. :lol: :lol:
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Hope they dont ban Youtube too :v:
Already blocked a while ago.. weird one though.
When you try to open particular videos the blocked message showed up, but when you opened it elsewhere it was gone. Looks more like a half baked attempt to block particular videos ended up blocking millions of them. A simple workaround just meant adding a # to the end of the URL.
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So sad. :neutral2:
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/me waves goodbye to everyone :rage:
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So sad. :neutral2:
Bet your glad you was born here :lol:
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Now you gotta cross the border to be able to fap hahahaha.... no more muscles for you filip :P
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@Cutt3r check this out, man =)
@kun4L @EdwardC
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Pakistan be like:
I know that feel bro :(
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Can you not just use a VPN tho? I mean... doesn't this technically only affect the technologically impaired?
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Egypt is always open for you!
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Feel sorry for you guys
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Can you not just use a VPN tho? I mean... doesn't this technically only affect the technologically impaired?
That would pretty much mean everybody in India, sadly. I'd be surprised if even 10% of computer science 'engineers' could figure it out.
This kind of blocks have been around for a while now though, practically all online video streaming sites are blocked, except a few like youtube and dailymotion. All you need to do is to upload a few pirated movies to their sites and send off an email to the company producing those movies. The site would be blocked within 24 hours.
The problem here is deeper than that though. First of all, there is a weird blocking mechanism, in which the website usually works the first few times, then the blocked message starts to show.Once it starts to show, it shows for all the blocked websites. Restarting your modem can let you open it again and again. It seems like there is some form of a weird blacklist for which IPs are blocked from these sites and which aren't.
The most probable reason is probably that the ISP is saving a copy of the HTTP request and letting you use the website. Eventually when a data mining bot uncovers that you've been on a blocked website, they probably redirect future traffic from you through a filter.This saves resources as not everybody has to be sent through the filter. This means that every single web request by everybody in India is being monitored, something that kicks the NSA right out of the dirt.
Plus, with the already shitty download speeds available to us, using a VPN kills it :(
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Fell sorry for you guys
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Here we come again. :app:
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Can you not just use a VPN tho? I mean... doesn't this technically only affect the technologically impaired?
can and fapped.
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India lifts porn ban after widespread outrage (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33783539)
The porn is back! Most video streaming sites are still blocked though.
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Indians be like:
Muscles here we come!!!
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Anybody looking for good new sites should check out the list. Every link is verified by the Government of India to be disgusting enough to be struck off the net, and all of them have content that you could access for free :D