In this world when you think about internet then the first thing which comes into our mind is we can’t live without it. But think about if government restricts you to use internet then, don’t panic it’s just an thought.
Today I am talking about freedom of internet in my country India 🇮🇳. Which is all possible with the efforts of @upmewhale contest where you have to right about restricted & unrestricted internet in your country.
Restricted & unrestricted internet in India 🇮🇳
When you talk about India then you know that it is placed 2nd rank in population with 1.3 billion people’s in India. When you know India has so much population then you probably think what is the condition of internet in India.
So in terms of uses it’s placed on rank two but not in terms of percentage of people.
this image is taken from YouTube
In terms of population using internet in India then it’s only 41% which is near about half billion people using the internet in India. But it’s to less in compare to other countries With more than 90% population using internet countries.
So there are some things which is restricting people to use internet but it’s not government yes it’s the price tag with the smartphones and data package of telecom operators. high number of population in India is not able to buy an smartphone or any other device which is compatible with internet so that’s why the % of people using internet in India is less.
But it doesn’t mean that there is full freedom to use internet in India. According to study India is partially free in terms of freedom internet. It means not full freedom not fully controlled like China is fully control there internet, and also not like America which gives full freedom to internet.
This image shows how other countries are regarding the freedom of internet.
restricted internet in india
Talking about restriction on internet in India there are few things which are completely banned in India one of them is porn sites are banned in India however uses doesn’t show that porn is banned in India because high number of population is using vpn or offline video sharing.
But this ban is related to culture of India because Indian community members thinks that porn is toxic for children’s. But from this it’s not good for freedom of internet. In my opinion this ban is good for children’s because when they will grow up then they will know how to go to that sites but in there little age it’s not good.
In India not only some content based things are banned but time by time there are some states or areas of India’s faces the restrictions towards internet like this time when I am writing this blog there are total shut down regarding internet in Kashmir because of recent legal terms of change by Indian government so here the total thing is going in control of government. There is no update when this gonna be removed. And this is important to know that Kashmir is very sensitive area form long time because of Pakistan so, when there are some action taken by Indian government to change its legal status then there are chances that people may damage things and internet can work here as an catalyst so this action is needed to control the things.
But again this is against to freedom of internet to people.
That’s why India is listed as partially free in terms of freedom towards internet.
Apart from all these things India is impressively improving its number and every charts are showing this. The data is becoming cheaper and cheaper smart phone manufacturers are targeting Indian market so I have strong believe that the numbers are going to be change.
There are restricted things also in India which preserves our social values.
what are your thoughts about India and it’s internet ( restricted and unrestricted things ) do share with me