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aGameOfThrones
08-22-2014, 11:26 AM
India makes 'liking' blasphemous content illegal



India's previously criticized Facebook for not censoring material that was critical of its government, so let's agree that the country has something of a strained relationship with social media. Now, however, the south-west state of Karnataka has announced that even clicking 'like' on a post could land you in jail for 90 days before you even get to see a magistrate. Because India has no blasphemy laws, any material that could offend someone's religious beliefs is prosecuted as hate speech, and that includes uploading, forwarding, sharing, liking and retweeting something. We hate to be cynical, but we can't imagine it'll be long before the first dissenting voice gets thrown in jail to protect the feelings of the government general population


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This Act was originally meant to enable authorities to take bootleggers, drug offenders and traffickers into preventive custody. Post the amendment digital offenders can also be arrested without actually having committed any crime. So, effectively even if you are planning to forward an ‘objectionable’ meme on WhatsApp or forward a copyright protected e-book to a friend you can be arrested under this Act. What’s even more worrying is that under this Act the arrested person doesn’t have to be produced before a magistrate for 90 days, which can be extended to a maximum of one year. In case of the IT Act the arrested person needs to be presented before a magistrate in 24 hours.

The Goonda Act’s definition of a digital offender is, “any person who knowingly or deliberately violates, for commercial purposes, any copyright law in relation to any book, music, film, software, artistic or scientific work and also includes any person who illegally enters through the identity of another user and illegally uses any computer or digital network for pecuniary gain for himself or any other person or commits any of the offences specified under sections 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.”





http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/22/india-censorship-blasphemy-laws-digital/

fisharmor
08-22-2014, 11:33 AM
India has 30 people in prison per 100,000 population.
The US has at least 707.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate

When they catch up, I'll be a little more concerned for India.

TheTexan
08-22-2014, 11:42 AM
That's India though, and this is America, best country in the universe. Wouldn't happen here

pcosmar
08-22-2014, 12:22 PM
That's India though, and this is America, best country in the universe. Wouldn't happen here

Brandon J. Raub

http://www.copblock.org/19550/marine-veteran-brandon-j-raub-arrested-for-facebook-posts/

http://memecrunch.com/meme/1A28T/brandon-j-raub-meme/image.png

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencehunter/2012/09/10/is-brandon-j-raub-the-victim-of-a-virginia-government-cover-up/

Slave Mentality
08-22-2014, 02:47 PM
It is obvious that they need some democracy bombs with the special freedom tips.

Christian Liberty
08-22-2014, 02:53 PM
India has 30 people in prison per 100,000 population.
The US has at least 707.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate

When they catch up, I'll be a little more concerned for India.

Isn't it still a concern though, even if its just a few people?



That's India though, and this is America, best country in the universe. Wouldn't happen here
:rolleyes:

Quit with the sarcasm PLEASE. Its getting old.

DamianTV
08-22-2014, 06:36 PM
This will eventually come here as well. If any person "likes" something that expresses an Unapproved Opinion, those people will be subject to punishment without a trial. Dead minimum, that person will find themselves on a Terror Watch List or No Fly List.

MRK
08-22-2014, 09:41 PM
It is obvious that they need some democracy bombs with the special freedom tips.

Complete with the Holder thing that goes up.

parocks
08-23-2014, 01:43 AM
This will eventually come here as well. If any person "likes" something that expresses an Unapproved Opinion, those people will be subject to punishment without a trial. Dead minimum, that person will find themselves on a Terror Watch List or No Fly List.

I think it's mostly there to knock out political opponents. NSA, let's say, has all the data on you, and if you are running for office and you're against the NSA, all this data is released on you and they knock you out. And if you're pro NSA, they'll let you know they have stuff on you, and if they have something really really damaging on you, they'll push you forward.

NorthCarolinaLiberty
08-23-2014, 01:59 AM
That's India though, and this is America, best country in the universe. Wouldn't happen here


I agree. If those people aren't stealing our engineering and medical jobs, then they're opening convenience stores to charge hard working Americans 8 dollars a hot dog. And their motels smell like spicy hot dogs.

John F Kennedy III
08-23-2014, 04:41 AM
Isn't it still a concern though, even if its just a few people?



:rolleyes:

Quit with the sarcasm PLEASE. Its getting old.

The world needs sarcasm.