Google and facebook were warned yesterday that their websites can be “blocked” like in China if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remove objectionable material from their web pages. As a further development, the Government of India granted sanction to prosecute 19 other social networking websites, apart from Facebook and Google. The Read more…

The Delhi High Court on Thursday warned social networking site Facebook India and search engine Google India that websites can be “blocked” like in China if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remove objectionable material from their web pages. “Like China, we will block all such websites,” Justice Suresh Kait said while Read more…

“How many top-level domains are there?” was a typical question asked at ICANN Mexico. Occasionally they are more specific — how many are there of a certain type. Here is the current answer: From the ICANN blog , posted by Kim Davies

(as received from the Internet Governance Caucus mailing list) National Internet Exchange of India, which operates the .IN country code top level domain (ccTLD) Registry, is inviting proposals from interested individuals who wish to apply as Arbitrators for .IN Registry, Applicants need to have proven expertise in this area as per the Eligibility Criteria. The Read more…