India: Govt. will provide an 'open' internet
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India: Govt. will provide an 'open' internet
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#2Actually it looks like the opposite: Internet controlled by the United Nations.
> India’s spokesman, Mr Dushyant Singh, argued that the proposal “should not be viewed as an attempt by governments to ‘take over’ or ‘regulate and circumscribe’ the Internet.”
If a politician says it isn't, then it probably is.
If the Internet is to be ruled the way Indian, South African and Brazilian governments work, expect to pay bribes to be able to do anything (I am Brazilian, I know what 3rd world "governance" means).
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#3Considering that individual governments are already in a position to screw with internet using legislation (e-parasite, sopa, protect-ip bills), this may not be such a bad idea. When a council of countries are involved, may be governments wont resolve to such unilateral acts.
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#4Just another pre-planned step towards the New World Order, One Global Fascist Government, no dissent, no freedom.
Maybe they mixed up their CIRP acronym a little, it should have been called a CRAP proposal.
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#5This is just a bad idea on free speech issues alone. The first thing to go would be the ability to say anything about religion, the second would be the ability to say anything about politics.
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#6Considering that individual governments are already in a position to screw with internet using legislation (e-parasite, sopa, protect-ip bills), this may not be such a bad idea. When a council of countries are involved, may be governments wont resolve to such unilateral acts.
The U.S. is not only a sovereign nation but the most powerful one, and it would ignore any U.N. resolutions it does not like. The U.S. is not bound to international law it never agreed to.
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#7When it comes to making international laws/reforms/standards it would be so much better if it is to be regulated by a consortium (I mean a people's body independent of the government) body like (WWWC) consisting of technologists who know what they are talking and are able to make moves without siding/consulting with governments. The other way of looking at is is that compared to bureaucrats, panels/consortiums that publicly discuss topics can be opposed easily and can be requested/demanded to make changes.
For such things, what we need is not closed door meetings that happen in lavish halls, but openly published specs/drafts/RFCs that people can comment upon and voice their opinions about.
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#8Actually it looks like the opposite: Internet controlled by the United Nations. > India’s spokesman, Mr Dushyant Singh, argued that the proposal “should not be viewed as an attempt by governments to ‘take over’ or ‘regulate and circumscribe’ the Internet.” If a politician says it isn't, then it probably is. If the Internet is to be ruled the way Indian, South African and Brazilian governments work, expect to pay brib…
> If a politician says it isn't, then it probably is.
Feel bad that I can upvote you only once.
With India's definition of broadband still at 256kbps and they are 'aiming' to increase it to 2mbps by 2015, I would say the govt already has a lot on it's plate. More than it can deal with. They should just let someone else care about this kind of problems.
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#9Actually it looks like the opposite: Internet controlled by the United Nations. > India’s spokesman, Mr Dushyant Singh, argued that the proposal “should not be viewed as an attempt by governments to ‘take over’ or ‘regulate and circumscribe’ the Internet.” If a politician says it isn't, then it probably is. If the Internet is to be ruled the way Indian, South African and Brazilian governments work, expect to pay brib…
It would be easier to believe claims that India doesn't want to censor the internet if India didn't already censor the internet.
(As one example, I needed to use a VPN to get my dose of Savita Bhabi while I was over there.)
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#10The Indian government’s thirst for Internet Control http://aamjanata.com/the-governments-thirst-for-internet-con...