DIT's Response to RTI on Website Blocking
by Pranesh Prakash in Internet Governance Blog � Apr 07, 2011 04:10 PM
For the first time in India, we have a list of websites that are blocked by order of the Indian government. This data was received from the Department of Information Technology in response to an RTI that CIS filed. Pranesh Prakash of CIS analyzes the implications of these blocks, as well as the shortcomings of the DIT's response.
Quick Analysis of DIT's Response to the RTI
Blocked websites
The eleven websites that the DIT acknowledges are blocked in India are:
1. http://www.zone-h.org
2. http://donotdial100.webs.com
3. http://www.bloggernews.net/124029 [accessible from Tata DSL, but not from others like Reliance Broadband and BSNL Broadband]
4. http://www.google.co.in/#h1=en&source=hp&biw=1276&bih=843&=dr+babasaheb+ambedkar+wallpaper&aq=4&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=dr+babas&gs_rfai=&fp=e791fe993fa412ba
5. http://www.cinemahd.net/desktop-enhancements/wallpaper/23945-wallpapers-beautiful-girl-wallpaper.html
6. http://www.chakpak.com/find/images/kamasutra-hindi-movie
7. http://www.submitlink.khatana.net/2010/09/jennifer-stano-is-engaged-to.html
8. http://www.result.khatana.net/2010/11/im-no-panty-girl-yana-gupta-wardrobe.html
9. http://www.facebook.com/pages/l-Hate-Ambedkar/172025102828076
10. http://www.indybay.org
11. http://arizona.indymedia.org