India government: 'net should not be censored India's communications and IT minister, tasked with attracting foreign investors to the country's tech sector, has defended controversial IT laws while saying that Internet censorship should be minimal. Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad made the remarks to The Hindu Business Line in response to criticisms of Section 66 of the …
No one wants censorship. No one!
If it's a matter of national security, on the other hand, then obviously you are not allowed to post whatever you want. You don't want the terrorists/pedophiles to win, do you, citizen?
Like, say, it is illegal to put on Google maps the position of military bases. But that's not censorship!
You mean ... beneath the sea is the fabled realm of Atlantis under honest, selfless rule???
[no, you meant that holding said ministers under water is the only way to stop the bastards spouting more fairy tales...]
Of which the gold standard remains the 2005 use of the UK "Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005" (passed with all the usual reassurances of extreme powers to cope with extreme situations) to detain an 82-year-old protestor who shouted "nonsense!" during a speech by the Foreign Secretary:
A spokesman insisted: "Stop and search under Section 44 is an important tool in the on-going fight against terrorism.
"The powers help to deter terrorist activity by creating a hostile environment for terrorists."
He added that the justification for authorising the use of the powers was "intelligence-led and based on an assessment of the threat against the UK."
(https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/10/terrorism_laws.html)
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