Europe Proposes International Internet Treaty

Stoobalou writes "Europe has proposed an Internet Treaty to protect the Internet from the political interference which threatens to break it up. The draft international law has been compared to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which sought to prevent space exploration being pursued for anything less than the benefit of all human kind. The Internet Treaty would similarly seek to preserve the Internet as a global system of free communication that transcends national borders."

Comments

Protect from whom?

[DeKO]

Let me guess: by giving total control to corporations (especially in the old-school entertainment industry).

Re:What about ACTA?

[TyFoN]

Not after EU rejected it :)

Re:Who is Europe?

[TheRaven64]

The Council of Europe predates the EU by quite a large margin. It was set up at the end of the Second World War. The organisation proposes treaties, which their members then sign. It covers a much larger area than the EU. You might be familiar with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which has been implemented in law in most of the member nations.