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Tata Photon, Sify To Block Access To WordPress.com In India
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The ISP providers preferred 'blanket ban' on the entire domain instead of blocking individual URLs.
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Monday, August 27, 2012:
You won't be able to check your blog on WordPress if you are a Tata Photon or Sify user as the service providers have blocked WordPress.com in India. The move has come following the government's order to block Web pages containing offensive content.
The ISP providers preferred 'blanket ban' on the entire domain instead of blocking individual URLs. The companies have banned the entire WordPress domain, which includes thousands of blogs including those of prominent journalists in India in direct contravention of Government of India directions and a complete violation of the Fundamental rights of citizens.
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While the Government of India may have requested for the blocking of some sub domains like xyx.wordpress.com, or abc.wordpress.com, the Internet Service Providers or ISPs like Tata Photon and Sify have gone into overdrive and blocked all the sub domains or blogs hosted on Wordpress, which is the most common free publishing software on the Internet. Blogs hosted on private servers but merely using the wordpress publishing software are not affected. However, thousands of bloggers whose blogs are hosted on wordpress.com cannot update or edit their blogs if they are using ISPs like Sify and many others.
However, the users can resort to free proxy sites to access the WordPress on Tata Photon. Flynn Remedios, an avid blogger, said, “Some ISPs have blocked thousands of websites and blogs in India. I update and manage about 50 blogs for my clients as their publicist, most of which are hosted on the Wordpress domain. All these blogs have nothing but entertainment and lifestyle-related posts and have nothing to do with religion or politics. I would request the Government of India to clarify. For the last 4 days, I am unable to update or add content to any of the 50 blogs hosted on the wordpress domain or even create a brand new blog for that matter. This is a complete violation of my fundamental rights accorded to me under the constitution of India.”
Bloggers in India have formed a forum called the Indian Bloggers Forum (IBF) to protest against this arbitrary and illegal blocking or banning of their blogs. Says Remedios, “All our blogs have contact information including an email id as well as a phone number. In spite of this, we have been banned with no prior information or intimation. This kind of repression of free speech has never been seen before anywhere in any democracy in the world. The ISPs are responsible for executing government orders, but this does not permit them to arbitrarily block all blogs or websites. They must find a way to block only the offending blogs and not enforce a blanket ban on all blogs.”
All bloggers whose websites and blogs are blocked or inaccessible are requested to contact bloggers.forum.india@gmail.com. The Indian Bloggers Forum will approach the Supreme Court praying for the immediate unblocking of the blogs of the aggrieved bloggers as well as other reliefs and directions to the GOI.
Diksha P Gupta, EFYTIMES News Network
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