We heard some news saying Sri Lankan Government is looking forward to control sri lankan IT Industry and make big changes to Internet Policy.
few month back some China IT Specialist were in sri lanka having discussion with GOSL. But as a heavy internet user i don't agree with the rules that GOSL is planning to implement.(may be i am wrong).
some news justifies that GOSL is looking to block Google even ? !
as you may aware Google and some other Google products and most popular websites has been blocked by china Government and Now Google and some other Big companies started a war against Government monopoly over Internet.
Google Specialist says "
The beauty of the Internet is that it's not controlled by any one group. Its governance is bottoms-up—with academics, non-profits, companies and governments all working to improve this technological wonder of the modern world. This model has not only made the Internet very open—a testbed for innovation by anyone, anywhere—it's also prevented vested interests from taking control.
But last week the UN Committee on Science and Technology announced that only governments would be able to sit on a working group set up to examine improvements to the IGF—one of the Internet's most important discussion forums. This move has been condemned by the Internet Governance Caucus, the Internet Society (ISOC), the International Chamber of Commerce and numerous other organizations—who have published a joint letter (PDF) and launched an online petition to mobilize opposition. Today, I have signed that petition on Google's behalf because we don't believe governments should be allowed to grant themselves a monopoly on Internet governance. The current bottoms-up, open approach works—protecting users from vested interests and enabling rapid innovation. Let's fight to keep it that way."
Original :http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/governments-shouldnt-have-monopoly-on.html
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