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UN Declares Internet Freedom a Basic Right
The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a landmark resolution (PDF) declaring that internet freedom is a basic human right. They wrote: "...the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, in particular freedom of expression, which is applicable regardless of frontiers and through any media of one’s choice, in accordance with articles 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." The council also called upon all countries to 'promote and facilitate access to the Internet.' The article points out that this comes alongside a report from the Pew Internet Center, which asked a group of internet stakeholders how they think firms in the private sector will handle the ethical issues that arise with countries wanting to censor or restrict internet access. The responses were varied, but skepticism was a recurring theme: 'Corporations will work around regional differences by spinning off subsidiaries, doing what's needed to optimize on future profits.'"
Maybe if the USA would stop sending arms shipments to insurgent terror groups opposed to Assad he wouldn't feel the need to crackdown so much? Stop meddling in the affairs of sovereign states. Do you want the Chinese sending weapons to the KKK?
My crazy neighbor Jimmy just declared he is High Gnome King of the 3rd Parallel Crux of the 14th Arm of the Correlian Empire.
I'm sure people will get right on that, too.
Yeah, well, Obama campaigned on 'Hope and Change' and people believed that.
The bar is pretty low these days.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
> American weapons
Just proving how little you actually know about something you hate so much.