United Nations wants control of web kill switch. (monitor, website, format)

[plwhit]

With the way the UN has been heading these past few years if this comes into being it wouldn't be a surprise.

They can't stop the genocides in Africa but they could shut down the Internet?

Experts claim that Australians could see political and religious websites disappear if the Federal Government backs a plan to hand control over the internet to the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

A draft of the proposal, formulated in secret and only recently posted on the ITU website for public perusal, reveal that if accepted, the changes would allow government restriction or blocking of information disseminated via the internet and create a global regime of monitoring internet communications - including the demand that those who send and receive information identify themselves.

It would also allow governments to shut down the internet if there is the belief that it may interfere in the internal affairs of other states or that information of a sensitive nature might be shared.

United Nations wants control of web kill switch | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au

[Tek_Freek]

Big Brother is watching...

[Asheville Native]

Freedom of information scares the hell out of government and religion.

[plwhit]

Censorship on the Internet has been going on for quite some time, as far as privacy goes I think we'll all agree the only way to use the Internet is with the understanding you have no privacy....