Is the Indian govt. right in asking FB,Google etc to remove objectionable content or face a ban?

[bigboy963]

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/screen-conten...279-3.html

[Asdsad A]

yes

[iResearchStuff]

no, absolutely not. Freedom of information is key in our technological world.The dangers of tyrannical governments are far more extreme than they ever were because of technology.

[Death by]

You people have bragged for years that you are the worlds biggest democracy. Guess that was all bullcrap, ey?

[Drixnot]

Yes. Their country, their rules.

A private company has no right to violate the laws of another country ... whatever those laws happen to be.

It is up to the people that live in India to decide ... not a foreign corporation.

[Rajesh c]

yes laksman rekha for every one and every act or thing

[Jhantmul]

100% wrong

[maybe]

yes,
if we need a good,decent society in the future-India

[Karthik]

Absolutely wrong.

Govt may have right to introduce laws on pvt companies but the laws should be justified, practical and most importantly should in the public interest. This policy is absolutely makes no sense because of the following points - ( Let us go one by one )

1. Is it practical?
NOT AT ALL. How can one expect to manually screen connect being uploaded if it is so called "Objectionable" or not. Billions of pictures get uploaded every day, how can that be screened?

2. Is it justified?
The Govt just want to control these companies and avoid any sort of campaign against Govt. This is the starting point to introduce control. Today communally objectionable and tom they will tell anything against Govt is objectionable.

3. Will it serve public interest?
"An objectionable content on net led to a communal fight", how funny. Are we finding communal fights increasing after FB, Google came? If it has not happened so far how can they predict the future? It is not at all for the public interest but for the Govt's personal interest.

We being enjoyed the services offered for free by all these companies I think its time for us to help our bit. They have been charged with criminal conspiracy, I really do not understand whats happening here. Govt should stop harassing these gentle corporates and do some good stuffs so that the campaign against Govt would automatically turn positive in the same social media.

[Brahmanda]

in fact Government can ban all media which does not praise it. Hiranya kashyap kapil sibal !