Russia, China, Tajikistan propose UN "code of conduct" for the 'Net

[danyork]

Soooo... people do realize that this is from September 2011, right?

Not sure why this was posted here today, but this is "old news" in the sense that there have been many more such proposals submitted as the nations of the world gear up for the updating of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) treaties relating to telecommunications.

Links to news items about some of the newer proposals can be found here, among other places: http://www.scoop.it/t/wcit

[mtgx]

I don't need to know the details to realize that this is a bad idea, considering the countries supporting this.

[hobin]

Contrary to popular belief (especially among people from the west), not everything from Russia and China is terrible, oppressive and meant to destroy everything freedom-ish.

But, yeah, it's still a terrible idea.

[Evernoob]

Why would anyone give a shit what China has to say about this? They just censor everything blind anyway.

[mikerice]

Tajikistan, the voice of the internet.

[praptak]

Oppressor's wet dream. They miss the times when the oppressed ("extremists" and "separatists" who threaten "social stability") had no voice.

[AlexFromBelgium]

Did they submit this together with the RFC I saw yesterday..?

They aren't even trying to be subtle.

[alsothings]

Do you have a link for that RFC? I may have missed it...

[mjwalshe]

If you want a vision of the future for the internet, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. with apologies to George Orwell

[debacle]

I disagree. Censorship of the Internet will never work. It might stamp out the fires for a short time, but within weeks or months encryption will be the new status quo.