Union Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday said the government would not allow objectionable content on social networks like Facebook and Google, which hurts the feelings of the Indians. He said that even though the government was not in favor of censorship, it would not allow such offensive content on social networks, that hurts our religious feelings.
The dispute highlights India's persistent difficulties in balancing the internet culture of freewheeling discourse with its home-grown religious and political sensitivity. Officials are wary of sites that are offensive to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ruling Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi and great religious figures.
The dispute highlights India's persistent difficulties in balancing the internet culture of freewheeling discourse with its home-grown religious and political sensitivity. Officials are wary of sites that are offensive to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ruling Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi and great religious figures.
