Inadvertent sledgehammer or intent to roadblock?

Word has been spreading all day today that the Indian government has blocked a large number of blog sites. Both Dina Mehta as well as Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing commented across my radar screen.

I could be wrong. But my guess is that the ISPs were asked to do something they couldn’t, by a group of overzealous whoevers, and they resorted to the sledgehammer as the only way to comply. I’m going with inadvertent sledgehammer until and unless I am rudely awakened to a different reality.

 

3 thoughts on “Inadvertent sledgehammer or intent to roadblock?”

  1. Hi JP, I came to your site to tell you about the Indian govt’s blocking of blogs, and found you have reported it. It is a a knee-jerk over-reaction, but dud-heads; sad, that a lot of Indian governance is like that. You could see the links below for more information.
    http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/2006-July/007735.html
    and
    http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/2006-July/007737.html
    This is alarming. People in India have started telling me my blogspot site is inaccessible from their ISPs. I still have access, but its like counting the minutes to find access denied. I simply took for granted this empowering technology, assumed one had it, and was incredulous about this. But it seems reality check has kicked me between the teeth quickly!

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