Indian Government Orders Internet Providers To Block Vimeo, GitHub, 30 Other Websites

Censorship laws recently allowed the government of India to request that the country’s ISPs (internet service providers) block access to Vimeo, GitHub, and about 30 other large websites.

The government of India has a relatively long history of trying to censor content and websites that goes against the wishes of the state,  possibly comparable to China. However, even the Chinese government ended up allowing GitHub to function.

Pranesh Pakesh, a director at Bangalore’s Centre for Internet and Society publicly released a list of the websites the Indian government asked ISP’s to block, effectively doing his significant part to ensure that his area remain free of censorship, corruption, overbearing laws, and exploitation.