It's not mentioned in the article, but I'm curious if there is any notification to the users that posted the content, or any recourse to have that content reinstated. Is anyone familiar with Indian law?
In the case of Google it would be pretty hard to give users notifications, because Google pulls the content automatically, without the users having a Google account, without a reliable standard that Google can use to get some email address or something it can send a message to.
The best they could do is to send notifications to the email address set in Google's Webmaster Tools. This way notifications may be received by at least the webmasters that are aware that their content may get banned.
The worst part about this is that this creates yet another precedent. So Google threatening to pull out of China and then moving to Hong Kong was all for nothing if they end up censoring websites in India.
The best they could do is to send notifications to the email address set in Google's Webmaster Tools. This way notifications may be received by at least the webmasters that are aware that their content may get banned.
The worst part about this is that this creates yet another precedent. So Google threatening to pull out of China and then moving to Hong Kong was all for nothing if they end up censoring websites in India.