Enforce laws, bid to police Net silly

The nanny state is alive and well. Every now and then some bright spark in the government gets a brainwave about how best to keep an eye on its citizens and how to use technology towards that. Earlier it was about trying to read BlackBerry messages, which the company insisted was not possible because of its encyrption technology; now communications minister Kapil Sibal wants the social media and other tech companies to “clear” content before they go online. In short, someone will have a look at those embarrassing photos of you at last night’s party before they can be posted on Facebook. Mr Sibal can protest till he’s blue in the face that this isn’t about innocuous material like that, but about stuff that can have harmful consequences in a diverse country like India.

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