Now, Google, Skype, VPN asked to give access to law enforcing agenices

NEW DELHI: After mobile phone maker BlackBerry, the government will issue notices to search engine Google, internet phone call provider Skype, service provider Virtual Private Network (VPN) and a few other entities to make available their services to law enforcement agencies.

The notices to these entities will be issued beginning tomorrow and all of them will be asked to comply with the directive or else they will have to close down their networks in India, a senior official said today.

„There will be no discrimination. All networks operating in India will have to give access to their services to law enforcement agencies,“ the official said. (more on indiatimes.com)