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Indian ISPs blocking blogs - today's update

Two major news channels in India had coverage on the incident:
1. NDTV - the coverage was pathetic in that the reporter did not understand the implications of censorship and chose to conclude her report stating that "Is it really possible to censor any content on the internet?" !!!
2. CNN-IBN had excellent coverage with an online opinion poll that people could vote for (either online or via SMS). The vote ended up being 40% in favor of government censorship of blogs and 60% against. The reporters here had a real grasp of the issues and questions - probably with a lot of help from my fellow bloggers in India! The panel discussion was also great.

CNN-IBN's report by Narendra Nag is here: Bloggers ready to take on the govt
They also have a signature campaign running online, you can sign here.
An updated article is also here.
Coverage on the same subject by Rediff: Blog blockade will be lifted in 48 hours

Through this crisis, Indian bloggers have used a limited number of sites to exchange information, suggest courses of action and attempt to organize activities:
Google Groups: BloggersCollective
Bloggers Against Censorship

One item of relevance that did not get any major discussion was a suggestion by one person on the "Bloggers Collective" group of co-ordinating our posts on various blogs through the use of common tags.

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