India May Ban Facebook, Orkut and Foreign Social Networking Sites

[iMav]

Close on the heels of the recent directive to telecom operators to provide for lawful interception of Blackberry and other encrypted messaging services, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has now asked Social Networking sites based outside India to fall in line.

"Sites such as Orkut and Facebook allow for heavily encrypted exchanges of information", a highly placed source at the MHA told Tech2.com. MHA officials are believed to be especially worried about the phenomenon of "scraps" and "pokes" respectively on these two sites.

"Imagine if applications such as SuperPoke fell into the hands of anti-national and anti-social (no pun intended) elements", remarked a senior MHA official who did not wish to be named. "The consequences could be disastrous, especially considering the lack of sufficient monitoring of Indian users' walls," he warned.

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cud be april fool's joke but when it comes to Indian Govt. u never know
PS: the bolded part seems to be dumb enough to make it seem like april fool's joke

[MetalheadGautham]

either its an april fools' joke, or its a statement from one of the Biggest Bad A$$ B@$T@RD$ the country has ever seen.

[victor_rambo]

India should get rid of grey haired ministers, atleast when it come to IT. You can't beat their stupid decisions, atleast sometimes. Their policy is like: "If the air is polluted, then ban breathing." = "If we can't curb cyber crime, we will ban the internet."

[apoorv.sharma]

....and all of a sudden 90% of the Indian Internet users will come to a realization how "wella" they were and had nothing better to do...bang!..they can't find any other use for the net..stop using it...yay!..more bandwidth available..2Mbps for everyone!..muhahahahaha =)

[Ramakrishnan]

"murgi kaatega tho, unda bandh ho jayeja" . What a stupid thinking.

[ancientrites]

Originally Posted by rohan_shenoy

India should get rid of grey haired ministers, atleast when it come to IT. You can't beat their stupid decisions, atleast sometimes. Their policy is like: "If the air is polluted, then ban breathing." = "If we can't curb cyber crime, we will ban the internet."

that was awsome bro...it was very subjective.

[hullap]

if this a joke, then ill be very, VERY sad.
coz i hate SN

[The Conqueror]

me2 HATE orkut and SN stuff

[victor_rambo]

Originally Posted by ancientrites

that was awsome bro...it was very subjective.

Thanks

[DigitalDude]

I guess this is a 100% joke hehehe

EDIT: yes it is

UPDATE 1: (no, really!)

NASSCOM has been receiving numerous media enquiries all through the day. When asked to comment, Ganesh Natarajan (who takes over as NASSCOM Chairman on the 8th of this month) said that he wishes the readers of tech2.com a very happy April Fool's Day!

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[anand1]

It should not be done so. i m aginst the rule if it is implemented.

[DigitalDude]

^^^^^

cant you read the post above your ??? Its an April fool joke.



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[naveen_reloaded]

You cant predict india's decision....

Wait does all encryption count ? If this really happens....
My torrent are banned!
My yahoomail banned!
My messengers banned!
My satyam booking banned....

Superb! All i would be left with is google search!

F(-)ck all who tries to control internet...

Why cant they put more money in airway and security checking system?

[ravi_9793]

It was a joke..but orkut really need a Ban.

[juggler]

Its a April fools joke !!
just check it on tech2.com

[Gigacore]

someone just please ban orkutttt

[casanova]

Better be. Next we can expect a community or poll somewhere that petitions no to ban these sites.

[dr_jimit]

Originally Posted by apoorv.sharma

....and all of a sudden 90% of the Indian Internet users will come to a realization how "wella" they were and had nothing better to do...bang!..they can't find any other use for the net..stop using it...yay!..more bandwidth available..2Mbps for everyone!..muhahahahaha =)

Good 1. ,not 2 but 8Mbps

[ax3]

if this is true .... GREAT MOVE ..... me 2 support this cause .....