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2006-07-20 India-Pakistan

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Posted by ryuge 2006-07-20 11:09|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 On a related matter, it was said by a rightwing but usually well-informed and accurate "insiders" information letter ("Faits et documents") that France used the "Emeraude" plan during the ramadan riots, which consists of monitoring and redirecting internet traffic on "sensitive" sites; several well known Islamophobic(Tm) french websites were unreachable from french ISP during that time. If you can't cure the disease, break the thermometer.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-07-20 11:20|| 2006-07-20 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess we'll all know when the dirts going to hit the fan - we'll lose our favorite blog sites.

Posted by 2b 2006-07-20 11:33|| 2006-07-20 11:33|| Front Page Top

#3 As skilled as India is with IT, I think that this is a hasty solution while they are developing a long term solution. Hasty because they though the fanatics were planning something big, and soon.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-20 13:17|| 2006-07-20 13:17|| Front Page Top

#4 The Indian government doesn't know squat about IT.
It is the lack of interference by the babus and netas that allowed the IT industry to grow.

Some of the banned sites appear to be chosen to avoid accusations of anti-muslim bias. Hindu and conservative sites have made the list.

Posted by john 2006-07-20 15:24|| 2006-07-20 15:24|| Front Page Top

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