links for 2006-07-30

• Conversations with Dina: The bigger issue of censorship in India
  "Soubhagya who keeps insisting that this is just a technical goof-up and let's not call it a ban, made me really think ... The biiger issue is about asking the Govt to be transparent - for all you know they are blocking lots of other websites too."
  (tags: government censorship blogs transparency world)
• Blogs Banned in India - My Reflections on Censorship (Conversations with Dina)
  "It was wonderful to see 364 bloggers and supporters come together there, in 177 threads and countless messages, put the pressure on, as one voice. I got to 'know' and understand the perspective of so many bloggers from India, as a result."
  (tags: conversational+media collaboration blogs censorship citizen+journalism government world)
• BlogSpot blocked by Indian ISPs — jace.seacrow.com
  A great example of what citizen journalism involving breaking news and multiple blogs can look like. Note the updates and the cross-linking,
• Bloggers Against Censorship - Censorship
  Wiki as citizne journalism: "set up to collate information about and influence opinion against the Indian Government's apparent notice to various ISPs to block various websites including blogs hosted on blogspot.com and typepad.com. "
  (tags: citizen+journalism wikis collaboration censorship controversy world)