--- abstract: | We are maintaining a rolling blog with press references to the row created by the proposal by the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology to pre-screen user-generated Internet content. author: - Pranesh Prakash authors: - Pranesh Prakash categories: - Internet governance - Freedom of expression - Intermediary liability citation: author: Pranesh Prakash available-date: date-parts: - - 2011 - 12 - 8 iso-8601: 2011-12-08 literal: 2011-12-08 raw: 2011-12-08 citation-key: prakash2011press container-title: Centre for Internet and Society id: prakash2011press issued: date-parts: - - 2011 - 12 - 8 iso-8601: 2011-12-8 title: Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row type: webpage URL: "https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/press-coverage-online-censorship" comments: hypothesis: theme: clean date: 2011-12-08 engines: - path: /opt/quarto/share/extension-subtrees/julia-engine/\_extensions/julia-engine/julia-engine.js keywords: - Internet governance - Freedom of expression - Intermediary liability license: text: CC BY 4.0 type: creative-commons url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" listing-page: ../../policy original-url: "https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/press-coverage-online-censorship" publication: Centre for Internet and Society title: Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row title-block-categories: true toc-title: Table of contents --- ## Monday, December 5, 2011 [India Asks Google, Facebook to Screen Content](http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/india-asks-google-facebook-others-to-screen-user-content/?pagemode=print) \| Heather Timmons (New York Times, India Ink) ## Tuesday, December 6, 2011 [Sibal warns social websites over objectionable content](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2690084.ece) \| Sandeep Joshi (The Hindu) [Hate speech must be blocked, says Sibal](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2691781.ece){.external-link} \| Praveen Swami & Sujay Mehdudia (The Hindu) [Won\'t remove material just because it\'s controversial: Google](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2692821.ece){.external-link} \| (Press Trust of India) [Any Normal Human Being Would Be Offended](http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/any-normal-human-being-would-be-offended/){.external-link} \| Heather Timmons (New York Times, India Ink) [After Sibal, Omar too feels some online content inflammatory](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2692047.ece){.external-link} \| (Press Trust of India) [Online uproar as India seeks social media screening](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/06/us-india-internet-idUSTRE7B50CV20111206){.external-link} \| Devidutta Tripathy and Anurag Kotoky (Reuters) [Kapil Sibal for content screening: Facebook, Twitter full of posts against censorship](http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-06/news/30481824_1_kapil-sibal-objectionable-content-twitter){.external-link} \| (IANS) [India May Overstep Its Own Laws in Demanding Content Filtering](http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/245548/india_may_overstep_its_own_laws_in_demanding_content_filtering.html){.external-link} \| John Ribeiro (IDG) [Kapil Sibal warns websites: Mixed response from MPs](http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-06/internet/30481147_1_shashi-tharoor-objectionable-content-bjp-mp){.external-link} \| (Press Trust of India) [Websites must clean up content, says Sibal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJp8HOPzc7k){.external-link} \| (NewsX) [Kapil Sibal warns websites; Google says won\'t remove material just because it\'s controversial](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Kapil-Sibal-warns-websites-Google-says-wont-remove-material-just-because-its-controversial/articleshow/11008985.cms){.external-link} \| Press Trust of India [Censorship By Any Other Name\...](http://www.livemint.com/2011/12/06155955/Views--Censorship-by-any-othe.html?h=A1){.external-link} \| Yamini Lohia (Mint) [Kapil Sibal: We have to take care of sensibility of our people](http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-06/internet/30481193_1_facebook-and-google-facebook-users-facebook-page){.external-link} \| Associated Press [Kapil Sibal gets backing of Digvijaya Singh over social media screening](http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-06/india/30481473_1_digvijaya-singh-websites-content){.external-link} \| Press Trust of India [Sibal Gets What He Set Out To Censor](http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/Sibal-gets-what-he-set-out-to-censor/Article1-778388.aspx){.external-link} \| (Hindustan Times, Agencies) [Objectionable Matter Will Be Removed, Censorship Not in Picture Yet: Kapil Sibal](http://newstonight.net/content/objectionable-matter-will-be-removed-censorship-not-picture-yet-kapil-sibal){.external-link} \| Amar Kapadia (News Tonight) ## Wednesday, December 7, 2011 [Kapil Sibal Doesn\'t Understand the Internet](http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kapil-sibal-for-monitoring-offensive-content-on-internet/1/163107.html){.external-link} \| Shivam Vij (India Today) [\'Chilling\' Impact of India\'s April Internet Rules](http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/chilling-impact-of-indias-april-internet-rules/){.external-link} \| Heather Timmons (New York Times, India Ink) [Screening, not censorship, says Sibal](http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/screening-not-censorship-says-sibal/457797/){.external-link} \| (Business Standard) [Chandni Chowk to China](http://www.livemint.com/2011/12/07202955/Chandni-Chowk-to-China.html){.external-link} \| Salil Tripathi (Mint) [Kapil Sibal vs the internet](http://www.livemint.com/2011/12/07131308/Views--Kapil-Sibal-vs-the-int.html){.external-link} \| Sandipan Deb (Mint) [No Need for Censorship of the Internet: Cyber Law Experts](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/No-need-for-censorship-of-internet-Cyber-law-experts/articleshow/11014990.cms){.external-link} \| (Times News Network) [Protest with flowers for Sibal](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2695832.ece){.external-link} \| (The Hindu) [Kapil Sibal cannot screen this report](http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_kapil-sibal-cannot-screen-this-report_1622435){.external-link} \| Team DNA, Blessy Chettiar & Renuka Rao (Daily News and Analysis) [Kapil Sibal warns websites, but experts say prescreening of user content not practical](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kapil-Sibal-warns-websites-but-experts-say-prescreening-of-user-content-not-practical/articleshow/11019481.cms){.external-link} \| (Reuters) [Sibal\'s Remarks Brought Disgust](http://newstonight.net/content/sibal-s-remarks-brought-disgust){.external-link} \| Hitesh Mehta (News Tonight) [BJP backs mechanism to curb objectionable content on websites](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2695884.ece){.external-link} \| (The Hindu) [Move to regulate networking sites should be discussed in Parliament: BJP](http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/move-to-regulate-networking-sites-should-be-discussed-in-parliament-bjp/articleshow/11023284.cms){.external-link} \| (Press Trust of India) [Sibal under attack in cyberspace](http://www.dailypioneer.com/pioneer-news/top-story/26016-sibal-under-attack-in-cyberspace.html){.external-link} \| (Press Trust of India) [Kapil Sibal\'s web censorship: Indian govt wanted 358 items removed, says Google](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Google-Govt-wanted-358-items-removed/articleshow/11021470.cms){.external-link} \| (Press Trust of India) [Kapil Sibal gets BJP support but with rider](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kapil-Sibal-gets-BJP-support-but-with-rider/articleshow/11020128.cms){.external-link} \| (Indo-Asian News Service) [Sibal\'s way of regulating web not okay, says BJP](http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Sibal-s-way-of-regulating-web-not-okay-says-BJP/Article1-779221.aspx){.external-link} \| (Indo-Asian News Service) [Censorship in Blasphemy\'s Clothings](http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/just-faith/?p=1034){.external-link} \| Gautam Chikermane (Hindustan Times, Just Faith) [India wants Google, Facebook to screen content](http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222500/India_wants_Google_Facebook_to_screen_content){.external-link} \| Sharon Gaudin (Computer World) [Should we be taming social media?](http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/should-we-be-taming-social-media-62303153.htm){.external-link} \| Swati Prasad (ZDNet, Inside India) [Kapil Sibal gets lampooned for views on Web control](http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_kapil-sibal-gets-lampooned-for-views-on-web-control_1622491){.external-link} \| (Daily News and Analysis) [\'We don\'t need no limitation\'](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/We-dont-need-no-limitation/articleshow/11020244.cms){.external-link} \| Asha Prakash (Times of India) [Five reasons why India can\'t censor the internet](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Five-reasons-why-India-cant-censor-the-internet/articleshow/11018172.cms){.external-link} \| Prasanto K. Roy (Indo-Asian News Service) [We Are the Web](http://www.indianexpress.com/news/we-are-the-web/884753/){.external-link} \| (Indian Express) ## Thursday, December 8, 2011 [Kapil Sibal under attack in cyberspace](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kapil-Sibal-under-attack-in-cyberspace/articleshow/11029319.cms){.external-link}, (Press Trust of India) [Speak Up for Freedom](http://www.indianexpress.com/news/speak-up-for-freedom/885132/){.external-link} \| Pranesh Prakash (Indian Express) [Newswallah: Censorship](http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/newswallah-censorship/){.external-link} \| Neha Thirani (New York Times, India Ink) [No Question of Censoring the Internet, Says Sachin Pilot](http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/no-question-of-censoring-internet-says-sachin-pilot-156281){.external-link} \| (NDTV) [Mind Your Netiquette, or We\'ll Mind it for You](http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/12/web-censorship-india){.external-link} \| A.A.K. (The Economist) [Take Parliament\'s view to regulate social networking sites, BJP tells govt](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Take-Parliaments-view-to-regulate-social-networking-sites-BJP-tells-govt/articleshow/11025858.cms){.external-link} \| (Times News Network) [India wanted 358 items removed](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2696027.ece){.external-link} \| Priscilla Jebaraj (The Hindu) [Indian Government v Social Networking sites: Expert Views](http://www.barandbench.com/brief/2/1891/indian-government-v-social-networking-sites-expert-views){.external-link} \| (Bar & Bench News Network) [Can Government Muzzle Websites?](http://business-standard.com/india/news/can-government-muzzle-websites/457909/){.external-link} \| Priyanka Joshi & Piyali Mandal (Business Standard) [US concerned over internet curbs, sidesteps India move](http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/us-concerned-over-internet-curbs-sidesteps-india-move/articleshow/11029532.cms){.external-link} \| (Indo-Asian News Service) [Why Internet Companies Are Upset with Kapil Sibal](http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-why-internet-companies-are-upset-with-kapil-sibal/20111208.htm){.external-link} \| (Rediff) [Why Censor Facebook When You Don\'t Censor Sunny Leone?](http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Why_Censor_Facebook_When_You_Dont_Censor_Sunny_Leone-nid-99931-cid-1.html){.external-link} \| (Indo-Asian News Service) [Online content issue: Talks with India on, says U.S.](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2697432.ece){.external-link} \| (Press Trust of India) [US calls for Internet freedom amid India plan](https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h0BfQkpJMZISTc3fjs3VgH7orciw?docId=CNG.8dc3992299cb598cecde0fffb1db8bcd.1c1){.external-link} \| Agence France-Presse