Web censorship not possible, asserts Google

This comes in as an update to the ongoing court case, where 21 social networking sites operational in the country are pressing their stand against a new set of web censorship norms in the country. Ahead of the next scheduled court hearing, Google asserted that they cannot screen all content on their website. According to a Times of India report, Google's Chief Business Officer, Nikesh Arora stated that it was impossible for them to censor the web, and that censoring the web meant putting limitations on the way in which people express themselves on social networking sites, which isn't a good thing. He added, "You are asking not just censor the Web in India, you are asking to censor the entire world wide web. The Web has no borders.I think the idea of censoring everything and pre- clearing everything is going to fundamentally, sort of, taint the growth of the Indian economy in India and vis-a-vis the world." Click here for full story