Google Brazil Internet to oppose the proposed regulation





New Delhi, India, Google Inc. said precisely the regulatory confidence in February in connection with the proposed restrictions on Internet content in the country, can cause serious problems for businesses and others, in the hope that the growth of the market to be explored . The rules were approved last week, little has changed despite the advent of Google. Remove from Google to navigate through the notes, the Wall Street Journal, adding that criticism from civil rights activists, the number of new laws to suppress freedom of speech to talk about the Internet.



Attention, Google said that the provisions of the Internet companies have a key role in the degree of freedom of communication on the Internet in the world, and especially for the millions of Indians who are increasingly using in their daily lives. Among other things, the rules require sites with inappropriate content, including of course harmful. eliminate or harassment, it is necessary for Internet service providers and social networking sites, which are in service to ensure that users, content types bar. The sites are also responsible for removing content that goes beyond the limits within 36 hours of state power.



The spokesman of the Indian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Agency has conducted a thorough review of public comments on the rules. The spokesman said the agency problem, information, concerns have been expressed, when the defenders of free speech in recent weeks for a response. Google spokesman declined to comment on the new rules.



Internet companies in India can be seen as a potentially huge market. Estimates vary, but industry groups say that India is today the market leader in the world of the Internet user base of 80 million to 10 million. In a study last year, provides boutique investment bank Caris Co. 180-200000000 Internet users in India in 2015.



Google off the radar of lobbying in Portugal, a sharp contrast with the approach of a high level of public participation has been offered in China last year after protesting against censorship of the search engine. Google redirects the user accounts censored Chinese version of its Web search for Hong Kong.



India presents a different situation. This is not the same kind of censorship and blocking its final destination in China, but companies such as Google requires that the police and remove inappropriate content, such as hardware, religious or slandered. A person familiar with the view of businesses reported that Google is regrettable that India did not consider that the legislation finally returned to their concerns, but the new regulatory framework in respect of improving the removal request, without specific guidelines, the content is the limit.



APAR Gupta, a lawyer from New Delhi and computer law experts, who presented his draft law on the complaint, the government spokesman said the fact that the surface changes, based on data supplied by others. What is not open, the consultation process. The changes between versions and completed the original project has been submitted, he said, and the last lines are in a quiet part of the Government without prior notice.



Google Orkut social networking site had 14 million users in March, the sixth most popular site in India after ViziSense, businesses, tracks metrics online in Portugal. Service Facebook Inc., the third most visited site with 35.2 million users in March. A spokeswoman for Facebook in India could not be reached for comment.



Internet companies have no public statement about the principles of operation, but Google and other confidential advice on the regulation of weeks before its adoption. India, Ministry of Transport spokesman said the government to maintain the secrets of the company match, but companies are free to provide feedback about the new legislation. Memo to Google shows that companies must change and limit its potential to limit the liability of the organization of illegal content by third parties.



For example, prohibited the company wanted the proposed legislation, certain types of content and receives from the general prohibition of removal of more material;. The current law, the final rule prohibits any material that is clearly offensive, vulgar, and something ethnically offensive, defamatory, or that (s) the identity of another person.



The company claimed that such special groups as too restrictive and illegal under the law for the Indians. Google also said to fear that it is not self-publish or host, or edit and save, on the premises, which contained the categories of forbidden words. Google contends that this language could be responsible for the company third material, which may be to do so, with serious damage to the conflict and the Information Technology Act of 2008, the law on the new regulations are based. something twisted rules that provision, but not beat them before the final rules.



Google is trying to set the rules, offensive content on the Internet, receiving actual knowledge of the material or introduced by the government to stop, he said. The company has sought to determine if companies are not responsible, that the content is legal and illegal, but must change in response to a written notice, the court or other authority legally entitled.



Manipulating small final provisions, the preparation of the project, but does not lead to an application from Google. In his letter, congratulated the implementation in India in 2008, not a right, is a step forward in promoting the protection of future editions of the Internet Economy;.