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Mozilla, Cloudflare and GitHub write joint open letter to Indian Government [pdf]

by psankar on 1/8/20, 1:39 AM with 4 comments

  • by psankar on 1/8/20, 1:49 AM

    To provide some context, as per the new amendments, the Indian Government wants:

    * International companies to setup a physical office in the country, with an executive, who can be legally brought to court, police station etc., if the company has more than 5 million users in India. (Indian population is a Billion strong and has more than 600 million online users)

    * Wants automated censorship for unlawful content on their sites

    * Wants these companies to remove any content flagged by the Government, within a time period of 24 hours. The companies should also provide user data requested by the Government within 72 hours

  • by throwGuardian on 1/8/20, 2:48 AM

    Three American companies don't want to operate within the bounds of Indian law? Can you imagine 3 Russian companies not wanting to follow U.S. law, and demanding legal indemnification for their actions, in a letter to Congress.

    It's not a stretch to understand that Indians don't want foreign interference in their politics, and public discourse