Internet Censorship In India

The Government Of India established the Computer Emergeny Respone Team ("CERT-IN") to ensure Internet security. Many institutions, including the Ministry of Home Affairs, courts, the intelligence services, the police and the National Human Rights Commission, may call on it for specialist expertise. CERT-IN's stated mission is "to enhance the security of India's Communications and Information Infrastructure through proactive action and effective collaboration".

Instances Of Censorship

The Kargil War

Immediately after the Kargil War in 1999, the website of Dawn Newspaper was blocked from access within India by Videsh Sanchar nigam Limited, a government-owned telecommunications company which at the time had monopoly control of the international internet gateways in India. Reddiff, a media news website, claimed that the ban was instigated by the Indian government, and then published detailed instructions as to how one could bypass the filter and view the site.                                                                                                   

Future Plans

The government plans to set up a centralized mechanism at the eight landing stations for the country to block websites as and when it pleases. An agreement has already been reached with, popular social networking site, to remove "defamatory content". On the 1st of November 2007, The Economic Times reported that the Government of India was considering a ban on "posting of private and personal videos on internet and mobiles" to tackle and piracy. The Government has planned to setup national intelligence grid where it can track all call logs and internet data in real time, even though such an act would violate fundamental rights.


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