Comments on: After China, Search Engines are bowing to the Indian Government and censoring content http://techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=india-sex-censorship-search-engines Tech for the Cool Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Yahoo and Bing Censorship to comply to India’s Information Technology Act « Online Trends « Asia Online Marketing http://techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Yahoo and Bing Censorship to comply to India’s Information Technology Act « Online Trends « Asia Online Marketing Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:47:28 +0000 http://techyoyo.com/?p=186#comment-179 [...] As per this TechYoyo post, it looks like it’s not only Chinese or Australian censorship laws that is in the news. [...] [...] As per this TechYoyo post, it looks like it’s not only Chinese or Australian censorship laws that is in the news. [...]

]]> By: ravi http://techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-178 ravi Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:52:03 +0000 http://techyoyo.com/?p=186#comment-178 Junk Idiots. Looks like it is only Bing and Yahoo acting up. The Government of India has no problems with people searching for sex discrimination. What our parliamentarians are worried about is "Sex Determination", the Pre-Natal Sex Determinination tests where the parents get to know the sex of the unborn child. This test was being abused and it led to female infanticide, so it is banned in India. Google used to allow text ads for search results for the keywords "sex determination" and other similar keywords. The State has a problem with those sponsored content which is illegal and in Indian context, unethical. Junk Idiots. Looks like it is only Bing and Yahoo acting up.

The Government of India has no problems with people searching for sex discrimination.

What our parliamentarians are worried about is “Sex Determination”, the Pre-Natal Sex Determinination tests where the parents get to know the sex of the unborn child. This test was being abused and it led to female infanticide, so it is banned in India. Google used to allow text ads for search results for the keywords “sex determination” and other similar keywords. The State has a problem with those sponsored content which is illegal and in Indian context, unethical.

]]> By: Lord Manley http://techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Lord Manley Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:00:41 +0000 http://techyoyo.com/?p=186#comment-177 Given that Google have almost as large a market share in India as they do in the UK (http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2008/08/India_Search_Engine_Rankings) I cannot imagine that there is a government decision at play here - possibly this is a move by bing to show that they are a more responsible search provider in order to win the custom of more traditional family users? Given that Google have almost as large a market share in India as they do in the UK (http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2008/08/India_Search_Engine_Rankings) I cannot imagine that there is a government decision at play here – possibly this is a move by bing to show that they are a more responsible search provider in order to win the custom of more traditional family users?

]]> By: ryan http://techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-176 ryan Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:29:49 +0000 http://techyoyo.com/?p=186#comment-176 Any time you censor some thing we lose more freedom. Any time you censor some thing we lose more freedom.

]]> By: No puedes buscar "discriminacion sexual" en India usando Bing [Eng] http://techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-175 No puedes buscar "discriminacion sexual" en India usando Bing [Eng] Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:38:46 +0000 http://techyoyo.com/?p=186#comment-175 [...] No puedes buscar "discriminacion sexual" en India usando Bing [Eng] techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/  por YoSeQuienSoy hace pocos segundos [...] [...] No puedes buscar "discriminacion sexual" en India usando Bing [Eng] techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/  por YoSeQuienSoy hace pocos segundos [...]

]]> By: arun kamath http://techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-174 arun kamath Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:59:37 +0000 http://techyoyo.com/?p=186#comment-174 Why would Bing take such a step without any reason. You can search other "credible" news sites and verify that the Government has indeed changed the law which has forced the search engines to censor results. Why would Bing take such a step without any reason. You can search other “credible” news sites and verify that the Government has indeed changed the law which has forced the search engines to censor results.

]]> By: Bla http://techyoyo.com/2009/12/india-sex-censorship-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Bla Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:12:01 +0000 http://techyoyo.com/?p=186#comment-172 Its not Indian govt, just Bing. Don't give wrong information. Its not Indian govt, just Bing. Don’t give wrong information.

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