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Do Your Part To Prevent Internet Censorship
- Updated On 31/08/2022
- Author : Namanyay Goel
- Topic : Featured • Internet
- Short URL : https://hellboundbloggers.com/?p=43998
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Internet censorship is the control or suppression of the publishing of, or access to information on the Internet. It may be carried out by governments or by private organizations at the behest of government, regulators, or on their own initiative. (via Wikipedia)
Internet censorship is hot topics these days. Indian Government has blocked a handful of site, UK has censored The Pirate Bay, and loads more. Many people are protesting, and against this censorship, as they believe in a free (and better) Internet. This article will detail what you need to know about internet censorship, and how you can help preventing it.
Uhh… I see you wrote that India’s government is censoring things? Is it true?
Yes. The Government of India is censoring many sites. A few examples are vimeo and pastebin.
This all sparked when the producers of movie “3” took the matter of piracy to the court. Kapil Sibal, along with others, passed an order to censor many types of websites. Many video websites have been censored because of this.
Also, UK censored PirateBay? Why?
The reasons are obvious. The Pirate Bay promoted piracy, and UK couldn’t take it anymore. The good news is, people can still access the site, either by changing their DNS, or using Proxies.
Is anyone doing ANYTHING?
Yes. Censoring The Pirate Bay has led to the rise of many Piratebay Proxy sites, which can be easily used by one to access all torrents of The Pirate Bay.
For India’s issue, Anonymous has launched Op_India. There is also going to be Occupy India, with Occupy Delhi coming up on 9th June. You should follow Op India on Twitter, and like this page for regular updates.
Okay.. So tell me, what can I do?
As a internet user, there are a lot of things you can do.
Own a website? Sign up for Internet Defense League
The Internet Defense League aims to have a kind of a “Bat signal” for the internet. A code is given to a webmaster, and the code is updated when some movement is launched. If the webmaster updates the code, he takes part in the protest against the movement.
In the US? Sign to stop American Censorship!
Stop American Censorship is another movement by Fight for the Future, this is specially for the US.
Not is US? Petetion against State Department!
Google details some easy steps with Take Action. Google launched Google Take Action, which allows user to take part with a simple tweet, and google’s hashtag. The tags are counted, and then are used against internet censorship.
Prevent PIPA and SOPA from happening, Stop the Internet Blacklist Bills!
Stop the Internet Blacklist Bills is a site promoted by Mozilla, which needs a simple zip code.
Demand Progress! Another movement to stop Internet Blacklist Bills!
Demand Progress is aimed to stop the internet blacklist bills, and adds you against the US senators.
Just following these steps will make you a better net citizen. Who knows, your vote might be the deciding one in stopping Internet Censorship?
By Namanyay Goel
Namanyay Goel is a freelance web and graphic designer. He blogs at Mos Le Tech, about SEO, Technology News, and Design.
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Aakash Goyal
Most of the websites which were earlier blocked are now accessible.
Jasmine
Interesting, all Internet users should support free Internet and no censorship! Oh, I didn’t know vimeo and pastbin are censored in India?!
vimeo and pastebin
Namanyay Goel
Fortunately, the ban ended yesterday, but still a few website are affected. Also, it can happen again anytime, thus we need to actively participate in these movements.
JamesW
Great Post, we’ll not surrender that easy, Internet will not be censorshiped.
All those pills are just destroying the web, and we already lost couple of amazing websites because of this.
No to Censorship.
Namanyay Goel
Yes, groups like Anon are participating actively!
There are many methods to bypass it, you can read about it at http://namanyayg.com/weblog/4-ways-access-blocked-websites-india/ 🙂
Sidhant Chadha
In India, it started with a Chennai based production house springing into action, to protect copyrights of its upcoming flick! sigh
Namanyay Goel
Yes, and not-very-educated ministers thought the best way to stop it would be to block whole websites :/
You can read more at http://namanyayg.com/weblog/anon-thrashes-indias-government-sites-opindia/
Atish
Say No To CensorSHip
Namanyay Goel
Agreed! Thanks for commenting!
Avi Jit (@skyhitblog)
Hey! Thanks for your article. I understood much about Internet Censorship now. I’m going to join “Google Take Action” now.
Namanyay Goel
Welcome 🙂
Glad you are participating!