<story><title>How India Censors the Web</title><url>http://iamkush.me/how-india-censors-the-web/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>wtmt</author><text>&amp;gt; The whimsical attitude towards web censorship from both ISPs and the Government necessitates the development of a crowdsourced tool to monitor and measure such censorship from different vantage points in the country.&lt;p&gt;I have to say, the whimsical attitude towards all kinds of censorship (not just the Internet) and to control people’s behavior is pervasive. Mass media does not focus on issues that have ramifications for the future generations, and the masses have been drugged into believing high pitch and nuance-less broadcasts as the truth. What’s worse is that legislators themselves don’t know or care much about these freedoms or are easily misled by vested interests in the bureaucracy.&lt;p&gt;Edit: As to why such problems not only exist but also thrive, I have to add the patronizing attitude that the governments (central and state) have towards citizens, residents, critics, dissenters and protestors. This is accepted and nurtured by many people who don’t understand the impact. It’s a long standing phenomenon that could almost be classified as core culture, IMO.</text></comment>
<story><title>How India Censors the Web</title><url>http://iamkush.me/how-india-censors-the-web/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>justDankin</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m one of the authors of the paper in the post, we&amp;#x27;re trying to extend this work by crowdsourcing censorship measurements from different vantage points in India.&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#x27;ve compiled these tests into an android app, please consider running it if you live in India and would like to contribute to the research :) &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;play.google.com&amp;#x2F;store&amp;#x2F;apps&amp;#x2F;details?id=com.censorwatch.netprobesapp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;play.google.com&amp;#x2F;store&amp;#x2F;apps&amp;#x2F;details?id=com.censorwatc...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s completely anonymous, doesn&amp;#x27;t require any permissions, and does not store any user related information.</text></comment>