The UN guaranteed individual rights on the Internet
On Thursday, an event of world significance took place. The UN Human Rights Council adopted the first resolution on freedom of dissemination of information on the Internet. 47 UN member states signed a document stating that the right to access the Internet is an inalienable human right and cannot be restricted to anyone.
US Representative to the Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, called the voting results extremely important. According to her, this is the first UN resolution, which confirms the need to protect individual rights on the Internet with the same perseverance with which this is done in the "real world".
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (it was this country that proposed the draft document) called the vote “a victory for the Internet”: “We cannot recognize that the content of the Internet should be limited or manipulated depending on the changing preferences of political leaders. Only ensuring access to an open and global Internet, real development will take place, ”he said.
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But not everyone was in favor of adopting this resolution.
China and Cuba, known for their desire to censor the Internet, criticized the resolution. The representative of Cuba said that the Internet space is for the most part controlled by one country - the United States, and only 30% of the world's population have real access to information technologies and the adoption of the resolution will not help to change this. Supporting the document in the end, the representative of China said that people, in particular young people, also need protection from harmful sites.
By the way, Russia was also not thrilled with the adoption of the resolution, but the essence of its claims is unknown.
On the contrary, the representative of Tunisia said that the Internet played an important role in mobilizing people in the revolution that took place there.
US Representative to the Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, called the voting results extremely important. According to her, this is the first UN resolution, which confirms the need to protect individual rights on the Internet with the same perseverance with which this is done in the "real world".
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (it was this country that proposed the draft document) called the vote “a victory for the Internet”: “We cannot recognize that the content of the Internet should be limited or manipulated depending on the changing preferences of political leaders. Only ensuring access to an open and global Internet, real development will take place, ”he said.
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But not everyone was in favor of adopting this resolution.
China and Cuba, known for their desire to censor the Internet, criticized the resolution. The representative of Cuba said that the Internet space is for the most part controlled by one country - the United States, and only 30% of the world's population have real access to information technologies and the adoption of the resolution will not help to change this. Supporting the document in the end, the representative of China said that people, in particular young people, also need protection from harmful sites.
By the way, Russia was also not thrilled with the adoption of the resolution, but the essence of its claims is unknown.
On the contrary, the representative of Tunisia said that the Internet played an important role in mobilizing people in the revolution that took place there.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/284750/
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