Attack on Internet freedom is going on in an unprecedented scale. Nothing less than a digital mutiny will be able to show the disgruntle we as users of the Internet are facing.
Censorship of expression, shutting down of content sharing websites, and autonomous blocking of websites by ISPs have all been going on, taking us users for a ride. It is high time we all stand up for our rights in the internet, else this cancer will perpetuate stagnating the dynamic system that the internet has grown into.
Various groups are associating to demonstrate their anguish by various means. Our methods might be different, our understanding varied but the objective is one - Securing freedom in the internet, for us users.
FSMI, will also be joining in the campaign called on the 9th of June in the name of OpIndia. Here is what we have to say:
There is an attack on Internet Freedom from many quarters – the Ministry of IT, various state governments and the police and now certain major
Internet Service Providers (ISP's) such as Reliance and Airtel. Major sites such as Vimeo and various Torrent sites commonly used for exchange
of large files are being blocked by these ISP's, even though no instructions have been issued by the Government.
We have already seen the effect of the IT Rules in which a huge number of requests are now being directed to intermediaries such as Google,
Facebook, etc for taking down statements critical of the Government and political figures. Cases are being instituted by the Police under the IT
Act against circulating of cartoons, calling it a cyber crime. All this shows that our democratic freedoms guaranteed under the constitution are
currently under attack. Equally worrying is the tendency of courts to issue blanket orders – called John Doe orders -- to protect the Intellectual Property of certain media companies. Reliance, a ISP is acting in the interest of Reliance as a Media company to block a large number of Torrent sites.
To protest against such actions of the Government and the ISP's, FSMI calls for protests accross the country on the 9th of June 2012. FSMI also will co-ordinate with other organisations who have called for similar protests on 9th June.
Censorship of expression, shutting down of content sharing websites, and autonomous blocking of websites by ISPs have all been going on, taking us users for a ride. It is high time we all stand up for our rights in the internet, else this cancer will perpetuate stagnating the dynamic system that the internet has grown into.
Various groups are associating to demonstrate their anguish by various means. Our methods might be different, our understanding varied but the objective is one - Securing freedom in the internet, for us users.
FSMI, will also be joining in the campaign called on the 9th of June in the name of OpIndia. Here is what we have to say:
There is an attack on Internet Freedom from many quarters – the Ministry of IT, various state governments and the police and now certain major
Internet Service Providers (ISP's) such as Reliance and Airtel. Major sites such as Vimeo and various Torrent sites commonly used for exchange
of large files are being blocked by these ISP's, even though no instructions have been issued by the Government.
We have already seen the effect of the IT Rules in which a huge number of requests are now being directed to intermediaries such as Google,
Facebook, etc for taking down statements critical of the Government and political figures. Cases are being instituted by the Police under the IT
Act against circulating of cartoons, calling it a cyber crime. All this shows that our democratic freedoms guaranteed under the constitution are
currently under attack. Equally worrying is the tendency of courts to issue blanket orders – called John Doe orders -- to protect the Intellectual Property of certain media companies. Reliance, a ISP is acting in the interest of Reliance as a Media company to block a large number of Torrent sites.
To protest against such actions of the Government and the ISP's, FSMI calls for protests accross the country on the 9th of June 2012. FSMI also will co-ordinate with other organisations who have called for similar protests on 9th June.
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