http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/03/india-bloggers-code-of-conduct/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:04:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/03/india-bloggers-code-of-conduct/comment-page-1/#comment-976063 Immorally yours……. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:44:48 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/03/india-bloggers-code-of-conduct/#comment-976063 [...] follow up : global voices india from quickonlinetips [...] [...] follow up : global voices india from quickonlinetips [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/03/india-bloggers-code-of-conduct/comment-page-1/#comment-976061 amrita Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:41:38 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/03/india-bloggers-code-of-conduct/#comment-976061 Why is there such a need of monitoring every word on the face of any blog community when the "blog" is a personal space published by a single entity? It duznt happen to be a public medium...the "internet" is a "public medium" and my blog is a personal outlet for me and my ramblings which is accessible to the world through a public medium i.e.,its accessible to the world only if i want it to be. On the contrary, any offensive blog displaying porn, warez or any other offensive and degrading material can be monitored by the authorities just like similar websites are. Do I want a balding internet administrator reading through my blog and censoring me? Censorship never worked in the past. It doesn’t work today, television and tinsel towns notwithstanding. What makes some people think that it is going to work today? Why is there such a need of monitoring every word on the face of any blog community when the “blog” is a personal space published by a single entity? It duznt happen to be a public medium…the “internet” is a “public medium” and my blog is a personal outlet for me and my ramblings which is accessible to the world through a public medium i.e.,its accessible to the world only if i want it to be.
On the contrary, any offensive blog displaying porn, warez or any other offensive and degrading material can be monitored by the authorities just like similar websites are.
Do I want a balding internet administrator reading through my blog and censoring me?
Censorship never worked in the past. It doesn’t work today, television and tinsel towns notwithstanding. What makes some people think that it is going to work today?

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/03/india-bloggers-code-of-conduct/comment-page-1/#comment-941809 Pradeep Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:11:14 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/03/india-bloggers-code-of-conduct/#comment-941809 I see it this way. Blog is a public medium. It is subject to all the rules that apply to other public media like newspapers, magazines, radio, TV etc. The mere fact that a blog doesn't have a publisher or editor different from the writer, doesn't give it any undue privilege. In contrast, an email is a private medium. Even when a message is chain-forwarded, it still doesn't qualify to catergorised as public medium. I see it this way. Blog is a public medium. It is subject to all the rules that apply to other public media like newspapers, magazines, radio, TV etc. The mere fact that a blog doesn’t have a publisher or editor different from the writer, doesn’t give it any undue privilege. In contrast, an email is a private medium. Even when a message is chain-forwarded, it still doesn’t qualify to catergorised as public medium.

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