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Google says internet content censorship on rise
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| 18/06/2012 03:19 PM |
Google said like India, content removal requests doubled from the US in the second half of last year as Ukraine, Jordon and Bolivia showed up for the first time on the list of countries out to have materials removed
New York: Internet search giant Google has reported a sharp rise of 49% in online content censorship from India as it said the trend of blockage were increasing from governments round the world, more surprisingly from Western democracies, reports PTI.
Google Inc said it had received more than 1,000 requests from governments around the world in the second half of last year to take down items such as YouTube videos and search listings, and it complied with them more than half the time.
The Internet giant said political comments were a prime target as the number of requests for the company to remove content from the reach of Internet users jumped manifold.
"We noticed that government agencies from different countries would ask us to remove political content that the users had posted," a top Google official said.
He said the number of content removal requests received by Google in India was 49% higher in the second half of last year than in the first six months.
But the requests made by New Delhi were not released in the company's transparency report made public yesterday.
Google reported that it went along slightly more than half of the approximately 1,000 requests it received to remove material or links.
The Google report does not provide insights from countries such as China, where tight Internet controls allow blocking of content.
The net blockage request from governments ranged from satires on military Generals in Pakistan, request from UK police officers to terminate six YouTube videos for terror contents and SOS for removal of as many as 149 videos for allegedly insulting the monarchy in Thailand.
Google said Pakistan's Ministry of Information of Technology asked it to remove six YouTube videos that satirised the country's military and senior politicians. "We did not comply with the request," it said.
A company top official said that the prime request from the governments were mostly to take down political speech.
"It's alarming not only because free expression is at risk, but because some of these requests come from countries you might not suspect - Western democracies not typically associated with censorship."
Like India, content removal requests doubled from the US in the second half of last year as Ukraine, Jordon and Bolivia showed up for the first time on the list of countries out to have materials removed.
From political to terror inspirations, Google said that requests at times became ludicrous as Canadian officials wanted removal from YouTube of pictures of a citizen peeing on his passport and flushing it down a toilet.
Releasing the transparency report, Google said it hoped to continue to contribute to the public debate about how government behaviours are shaping our web.
Overall, the firm said it had received 461 court orders covering a total of 6,989 items between July and December 2011. It said it had complied with 68% of the orders.
The company said it had received a further 546 informal requests covering 4,925 items, of which it had agreed to 43% of the cases.
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Gupta 1 year ago
Dr. Ambedkar only a perfect face for Indian currency Because .
1.He was a Great Economist
2. Most talented Man in the Universe (By Oxford Univerist Survey)
2. He was great social reformer just did impossoble Social Revolution by giving Human rights to untochables
3. He is a Father of Indian Constitution
4. RBI formation :The Reserve Bank of India was founded on 1 April 1935 to respond to economic troubles after the First World War,The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came into picture according to the guidelines laid down by Dr Ambedkar? RBI was conceptualized as per the guidelines, working style and outlook presented by Dr Ambedkar in front of the Hilton Young Commission. When this commission came to India under the name of “Royal Commission on Indian Currency & Finance”, each and every member of this commission were holding Dr Ambedkar’s book named “The Problem of the Rupee – It’s origin and it’s solution.”[3] The Bank was set up based on the recommendations of the 1926 Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance, also known as the Hilton–Young Commission.[
5. Great Journalist
6. Great Lawyer
7. Colleges (Milind college @ Aurngabad & Sidarth College @ mumbai )
8. Multidoctorate degree holder from USA ,UK,Germany
9. Religious Revolutionalist (Embrassed Buddhisam with Lacks of People)
10. First Indian Political leader who had resigned due to failur of Hindu Code Bill
11. First Leader who is really worshiping like GOD.
12. First man who ended the thousand years of the slavery of untochables.
13. Gandhi how can be ?? (refer What Congress and Gandhi done to Untpouchable or Gandhi could save ethe life of Bhagat Singh .He never go not fast for Untouchability or India-Pakistan Parttion to stop the violence )
With refernce of point no4 ,its realy hurt when SBI not printed HIS photo as BANKER TO THIS INDIAN .How can be 'Tagore and Rajendra Prasad '?? Whats their contribution in Finance / Banking sector ?
With refrence of all points ,only Dr. Ambedkar is most perfect face on Indian currency
Tejas 1 year ago
Chhatrapati Shivaji, B R Ambedkar,Subhas Chandra Bose, Bagat Singh............etc just conduct Public Opinion poll selected Top 5 rated icons. Print there photos on currency notes. According to there rakings in 1000,500,100,50,20,10,5 notes & rest of Leaders On Coins 10,5,2,1
Baldev 1 year ago
LAST MONTH ANALYSIS OF TOP 100 TALENTED PERSON IN WORLD Cambridge University London DISPLAYD THE LIST OUT OF 100 THE FIRST TALENTED PERSON IS Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
!!!! BUT
INDIAN Media does not show this news so spread this news to all the indian”s
BE PROUD OF INDIAN
P Vijayan Nair 1 year ago
My advice sto RBI would be, "Leave well alone."Mhatma Gandhi is a non-controversial figure.Respected, even revered, not only in India but the world over. Once RBI deviate from ita policy of the last 6 decades and more, it will
open itself to presures of various kinds: political, linguistic, religious, caste, regional, etc And the government will knuckle under every time. Banish the thought!
T N RAMAKRISHNA 1 year ago in reply to P Vijayan Nair
Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi was definetly a controversial person and how many controversies do you require. How many books you want in this matter. For quick results on Gandhi's controversies, just surfit in internet
RC Tandon 1 year ago
It is necessary to stick to one figure Mahatma Gandhi only. On postage stamps however personalities and events may be represented. Changing person on currency only stinks of loyalty to political party and in bad taste. Why not have the national bird the peacock or the tiger?