India’s government wants total control of the internet

Post by jamal-kumar » Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 3:43 PM UTC

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Not outside of the UK without a VPN (And let's be honest, who buys one in a country which has restricted internet to begin with?) but if they haven't blocked this link in your locale here's an option to watch it as well: https://archive.org/details/india.-the.-modi.-question.-s-01...

Are there VPN services that reliably work with geo-blocked content? I haven't tried many but I have currently have a Mullvad subscription and I basically can't watch anything as all the IPs are blocked. I've also done some searches about the other big VPN providers and it seems like they are all blocked too. I wonder if I can spin up a VPS and roll my own? I kinda of assume all the major cloud provider IPs would be b…

Post by throwawayxx123 » Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 10:38 AM UTC

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Are you saying Supreme court of India is in bed with Modi? That is a very strong accusation. Modi didn't investigate himself and give himself a clean chit. He was been scrutinised by Supreme Court of India multiple times. And we have much better functioning courts. Many BJP party members who has been found guilty of various things have been punished by Courts. This BBC propaganda piece has been made now only because…

> Are you saying Supreme court of India is in bed with Modi? Ummm.... Yes

Post by random314 » Fri, Feb 17, 2023, 10:51 AM UTC

throwawayxx123 wrote: post #203

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> Are you saying Supreme court of India is in bed with Modi? Ummm.... Yes

If you have some proof, then just leak it to the Indian media. They love scandals. I don't think they are in bed with Modi. Not every supreme court judge is willing to do favors for post retirement benefits.

Post by scns » Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 10:04 AM UTC

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This would be the smart thing to do. Still baffled that they don't do it. Maybe no visionaries work there.

They already tried it and it didn't go well. I remember it because I had a meeting with the man who was running the trial service. Granted this was a few years ago now, but you also have to remember that "the BBC" isn't allowed to do this, only it's commercial entity "BBC Worldwide" can, due to the way the BBC is funded. Many of the best shows are co-produced with other broadcasters from countries, which means the BB…