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Tax raids at BBC offices in India enter second day

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Re: Tax raids at BBC offices in India enter second day

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Post by webartisan »

mikymoothrowa wrote: post #39
zakember wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why should a British funded propaganda machine be even allowed in a foreign country? Same reason why any other foreign website is allowed in India or why other countries watch Bollywood movies. Globalization is a win-win for everyone. No country in the world is self-sustaining.

every sentence of this is wrong. There are several foreign channels that are banned in India including Al Jazeera and for very good reasons. Plus, I’m sure the West doesn’t get Russia Today or CCTV right now. nor India’s DD

There’s little one can do if some in the country are hell bent on putting their heads in sands like an ostrich. Doesn’t change the truth, unfortunately.

As for Al Jazeera and other channels you mentioned, they can be watched online – unlike the Modi documentary.

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Post by shadowfox »

mikymoothrowa wrote: post #42
InTheArena wrote: post #36

India is increasingly going down the slippery slope of repression that we have seen frequently in countries about 5-10 years before they lose their collective minds, and everyone wonders when the state "went bad".

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> India is much more robust democratically.

Out of curiosity, why do you think that is the case?

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#46

Post by coliveira »

brucethemoose2 wrote: post #10

There was a great post from a VPN provider about how they've honed circumvention tactics in China for years, and that whatever Russia was doing post-Ukraine was just primitive in comparison. If India really tries to go down the internet censorship rabbit hole, its probably not gonna go well, as they are decades behind more seasoned despotic regimes.

The VPN doesn't matter a thing. The goal is to avoid mass access to subversive content, so it doesn't matter if someone somewhere can find a way to circumvent these measures.

Re: Tax raids at BBC offices in India enter second day

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Post by tyingq »

benbristow wrote: post #43

So the Indian government have got all the time in the world to raid offices over tax but don't do anything over scam call centres scamming innocent victims all over the world.

I see that, but for calls going to the US, the US could actually implement STIR/SHAKEN and other measures to quell it...but they drag their feet.

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Post by realce »

webartisan wrote: post #41
mikymoothrowa wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

every sentence of this is wrong. There are several foreign channels that are banned in India including Al Jazeera and for very good reasons. Plus, I’m sure the West doesn’t get Russia Today or CCTV right now. nor India’s DD

There’s little one can do if some in the country are hell bent on putting their heads in sands like an ostrich. Doesn’t change the truth, unfortunately. As for Al Jazeera and other channels you mentioned, they can be watched online – unlike the Modi documentary.

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Re: Tax raids at BBC offices in India enter second day

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Post by vkou »

causi wrote: post #16
brucethemoose2 wrote: post #10

There was a great post from a VPN provider about how they've honed circumvention tactics in China for years, and that whatever Russia was doing post-Ukraine was just primitive in comparison. If India really tries to go down the internet censorship rabbit hole, its probably not gonna go well, as they are decades behind more seasoned despotic regimes.

Is that significant, though? These nations aren't trying to keep things secret. They just have to keep them out of the day to day thoughts of 95% of their population. Even trivial measures like a DNS-redirect will be effective in that regard.

If you give me the ability to cripple the internet for 50% of the population, I will easily be able to rig an election for you.

Hell, in the US, 10% should probably be sufficient.

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Post by 01acheru »

mikymoothrowa wrote: post #42
InTheArena wrote: post #36

India is increasingly going down the slippery slope of repression that we have seen frequently in countries about 5-10 years before they lose their collective minds, and everyone wonders when the state "went bad".

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I'm sorry but I really don't think this is true and almost any source would prove you wrong.

Like this one for example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index

Almost all countries up in the list are so called "Western", while India is number 46. Most sources would more or less agree with this index.

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