Thousands of Bloggers and Blog mavens across the country were in for a shock: Indian bloggers were outrageously gagged by Internet Service Providers.It seemed almost like the end of the blog world in the subcontinent.
This new publishing media that provided free publishing of personalised news and views, rants and raves on every possible subject under the sun, around the world on the internet be it the bombings in Lebanon, the Iraq quagmire, dry book reviews, travel blogs or critiques on famous television anchors. You name it, bloggers had their views published, discussed and debated. But it all came to a grinding halt when a blanket ban on two popular blog sites in India, Blogspot.com and Geocities.com, was evoked almost like the bloggers were told to shut up.
Internet service providers were in for a bigger shock. Sure enough, bloggers were not going to shut up or keep quiet for too long. By afternoon, thousands of bloggers, who are networked well, were back blogging.They had found a way to overcome the immediate problem. The ink:pkblogs.com/blogname would give them access to the blogspot in a roundabout way.With internet communication opening up tremendous possibilities, this was only inevitable. ‘‘Government had asked the Internet service providers only to remove some 20 websites. Since these providers do not know how to remove only these particular websites, they have effected a blanket banning.
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