IT Inc oppose Sibal’s ‘great’ firewall proposal

Information Technology and social media experts have questioned telecom and IT minister Kapil Sibal’s directive to social media and search engine firms to remove “disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory” user generated content from India and are doubting the cogency of such an exercise. “It is virtually impossible to monitor all incoming content. Yes, internet service providers — both mobile and landline — could install equipment to find and filter certain phrases, but this would prove expensive,” said Mahesh Murthy, founder and CEO of Pinstorm, an internet marketing company with a global presence.

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