India's Proposal For Government Control of Internet To Be Discussed In Geneva

The Indian Government is proposing to create an intergovernmental body 'to develop internet policies, oversee all internet standards bodies and policy organizations, negotiate internet-related treaties and sit in judgment when internet-related disputes come up.' This committee will be funded and staffed by the UN and will report to the UN General Assembly which effectively means the control of the internet passes on to World Governments directly.

The Hindu : News / National : India's proposal for government control of Internet to be discussed in Geneva

Yeah, so when some country breaches the treaty it can be nuked to death...Internet has to be a free place and not with some censorship.

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Yes, Internet need to be a free place.

Looks like Indian Government is shitting their pants. For the first time (since the struggle for independence, I think) people have the power to voice their opinions and that power is so great that the government is now scared of the people. The government only wants to see the people suppressed and docile.

What is the use of democracy if there is no platform for people to communicate and discuss on neutral grounds?

India now reminds me of a maggoty corpse of an animal that died years ago. You can guess who the maggots are.

What will this proposal do?
Even if people come to know,that the govt planning to censor the Net.80% People dont care(Most of them being Youth).

Btw guys yest anonymous hacked supreme court website(Read in some Website).Because they blocked torrent

serpent16 said:
Btw guys yest anonymous hacked supreme court website(Read in some Website).Because they blocked torrent

Yea they did, it made on the front page of ET...that's awesome job they did to show Govt doesn't own the internet

There was an article which said "Producers lose money due to piracy as the film reaches torrents before it hits the cinema", why not fix the leaks from the production house to the cinema hall instead of blocking the whole internet!?

^ Cinema halls are themself into piracy(I mean the small theaters which are loosing their business due to Multiplexes).They Have a camera which records the movie.Read this somewhere.
Anonymous hacked some 2-3 more websites.
Who care if the UPA Censors the net.There graves are getting deeper

Oh comeon movies comes to street on DVDs a day after release. Why are they not stopping that at all.

montsa007 said:
Yea they did, it made on the front page of ET...that's awesome job they did to show Govt doesn't own the internet

There was an article which said "Producers lose money due to piracy as the film reaches torrents before it hits the cinema", why not fix the leaks from the production house to the cinema hall instead of blocking the whole internet!?

If possible please cite the source to said article.

Indeed, blocking torrents will not solve the problem, since the percentage people who download from torrents is much smaller as compared to the number of people buying movies from roadside DVD vendors.

Oh come on! They wont censor that much.Facebook no problem.
But let youtube LIVE!

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stupid government....90% of them are illiterates and they talk about rules. First a rule should be created asking educational qualifications...Fear the may produce fakes....