India to Oppose International Framework for Net Censorship

According to Hindustan Times, today India would be looking to oppose the any form of internet governance rules set up under the UN. Internet censorship already exists in many countries, in which many social networks, YouTube and search engines fine themselves blocked in countries. But ITU's plans are to take such censorship further in laying down rules for content published on the internet across the world. In effect it would take over all authority from ICANN and give itself censorship powers. ICANN itself does not do any content regulation and more or less confines itself to technical standardization. The big supporters of the creating new internet governance rules at the UN are not surprisingly Russia and China along with few more countries. Some of these rules will also include issues of tariffs applied by governments on certain sites along with handing over registration of country specific domains like to the governments rather than ICANN. The UN sponsored summit called World Conference in International Telecommunications at Dubai next month, where talks on setting up internet governance will be held between countries. India's flirtation with Net Censorship! The government in India has not necessarily brought about heavy handed net censorship like that of China. But many internet users are worried with rising number of content removal requests from government agencies. Indian government in the past had actually recommended manual screening of content on social media sites. NGOs and activists have also held protests against rising cases of net censorship in India. But it a relief to see India not on the side of countries like Russia and China on issues of regulating content on the internet. Who else is opposing Net Censorship? Not surprising one of the biggest opposition to ITU's plans is from the search giant Google. Google owns YouTube which is a favorite target of many countries which try to crack down on internet freedom. Would you support content regulation by the UN? Do drop in your comments and views. -- This Post India to Oppose International Framework for Net Censorship is Published on Devils Workshop . Related posts: Google: No censorship of content in India Does India Really Want Internet Censorship Like China? Anonymous Protests Internet Censorship across India! Top 6 Websites to make free International calls

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