Sunday Levity: Why Pragati was blocked

Games firewalls play

This is an archived blog post from The Acorn.

A well-wishing reader—from a South Indian city known for its IT industry and a swanky new international airport—alerted our staff to this travesty. (via Gautam Bastian)

Pragati Blocked

Now, we fully respect that company’s right to prevent its employers from taking their eyes off the job (do they padlock their watercoolers too?).

But we wish to inform the public that Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review does not fall into the ‘forbidden category’ of ‘Games’. Content filtering services have some way to go.

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