The call for the censorship of Orkut has come from Shivsena. Last week, some internet cafes in Mumbai were vandalized since they had not blocked Orkut.
From an article in the Economic Times
"Orkut is used by many destructive elements to spread canards about India, Hindus, our gods and cultural heritage," said Abhijit Phanse, president of Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena, the student group. "We are gently telling Internet cafe owners that it is their responsibility to see that surfers do not use their facility to carry out such hate campaigns ... Or else, we will have to do that job for them."
Special software is being developed by the Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena, which will filter objectionable content, this s/w is to be used in internet cafes. Orkut & Google have been informed of these developments. Earlier, objections were raised about the detail that Google maps provided about the Indian terrain, which could possibly be used by terrorist elements to plan attacks; Google had then agreed to filter out sensitive sites. It will be interesting to see what stand Google takes on this. Currently, there is an option in Orkut to flag communities as objectionable, and Google/Orkut will review the content and remove the community, if the objection is valid.
Read all the news about this on Google News
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team is investigating the issue, they will decide the way forward in this matter.
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