The Indian government, which this year already passed new content-removal rules for websites, now wants to take it a step further and censor some of the most-used websites like Google and Facebook — before the people of India even get to see the content! India’s Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal is asking internet and social media Read more…

  The national broadband network will enable speeds of one gigabit per second on its fibre optic network, 100 times faster than originally planned, the company building the network will announce today. The speed is significantly faster than the maximum speeds promised by the Australian opposition in its broadband policy, and highlights the growing gap Read more…