Published: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Google removes content on India's order
Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday.
The action follows weeks of intense government pressure for 22 Internet giants to remove photographs, videos or text considered "anti-religious" or "anti-social."
A New Delhi court Monday gave Facebook, Google, YouTube and Blogspot and the other sites two weeks to present further plans for policing their networks, according to the Press Trust of India.
For India's more than 100 million Internet users, the government says, U.S. Internet standards are not acceptable.
The case highlights the difficulty India faces in balancing conservative sentiments with its hope that the freewheeling Internet will help boost living standards for its 1.2 billion people.
Associated Press
The action follows weeks of intense government pressure for 22 Internet giants to remove photographs, videos or text considered "anti-religious" or "anti-social."
A New Delhi court Monday gave Facebook, Google, YouTube and Blogspot and the other sites two weeks to present further plans for policing their networks, according to the Press Trust of India.
For India's more than 100 million Internet users, the government says, U.S. Internet standards are not acceptable.
The case highlights the difficulty India faces in balancing conservative sentiments with its hope that the freewheeling Internet will help boost living standards for its 1.2 billion people.
Associated Press
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