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Press Release 'We Cannot Censor the Web', says Nikesh Arora, Chief Business Officer, Senior VP, Google, exclusively to NDTV
India, January 27, 2012:
Technology giant Google has finally spoken out on the controversy around banning objectionable content that has led to a legal battle in India.
In an exclusive interview to NDTV'S Shweta Rajpal Kohli from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Google's Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora says 'we cannot censor the web', and asks if the Indian government understands the enormity of what's being asked? He says things are being done too hastily for Google's liking, and any form of censorship will taint the growth of India's Internet industry Highlights of the interview . 'WE CANNOT CENSOR THE WEB'' . 'CANNOT CENSOR ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO EXPRESS' . 'DOES GOVT UNDERSTAND ENORMITY OF WHAT'S BEING ASKED?' . 'THINGS BEING DONE TOO HASTILY FOR OUR LIKING' . 'NEED REAL CONVERSATION WITH GOVERNMENT' . 'CENSORSHIP WILL TAINT INDIA'S INTERNET ECONOMY' EXTRACTS . "We cannot censor ability of people to express themselves" . "The Web does not have one tenant" . "Does Indian government understand the enormity of what's being asked?" . "Censoring and pre-clearing everything will taint growth of Internet industry in India vis-a-vis rest of the world" . "Things being done too hastily for our liking. We would welcome more dialogue before people rush to try and take action on what's not a fully formed idea" . "We would like to have a real conversation around these issues" . "They're not asking to censor the web in India, they're asking us to censor the world wide web" . "Not comfortable being final aribiter of what's objectionable" . "Used to proud when I used to come to India because we have a fundamental belief around democracy" . "Do you want to be part of a country where things don't move fast, there are no innovations because everything is pre-checked?" . "60 hours of video uploaded every minute, impossible to pre-censor" . "You cannot say I built the street corner and will be responsible for everyone who stands on the corner and has a conversation, that's ridiculous For more information please contact: Parul Suri | + 91 98999 73280 | parul.b@prpundit.com 760 Udyog Vihar | First Floor | Phase V | Gurgaon - 122016 | India | Phone: +91 124 4229300-7 | www.prpundit.com Comments (3)Leave a Comment RP_Singh wrote on 28 January, 2012
Why doesn't the government be more specific and honest? They just want to censor 2 things while everything else can go to hell. 1) all kind of content against Sonia Maino and Raul Vinci and 2) any caricature of Islamic fundamentalism, PERIOD.
DannyM wrote on 30 January, 2012
RP Singh@ India is proud of patriots like you who are strong, bold, courageous, people with iron fists and secular. You are a true " Louha purush" like Shri L K Advani.
DannyM wrote on 30 January, 2012
RP@ The activities of the Christian missionaries should also be mentioned in this context. A few years ago in a reputed scientific research organization of south India some of the students were suffering from psychological problems like acute depression due to excessive study pressure. Then an organization approached those students for voluntary counseling. After some days it was found that some of those students who were not Christians started to visit churches.However some students sensed that initiatives have been tactfully taken to convert those students to Christianity. Those students became alert and challenged that organization and threatened to lodge complaint against them with the higher authority. That group was forced to withdraw their activities from that campus.In Christian majority countries like USA the number of church goers are getting reduced day by day. The Christian missionaries are unable to do anything in their home land, hence targeting India. They are active in tribal areas and flexing their money muscle power to tempt poor people to get converted. They are very aggressive. Their activities should also be watched closely.
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