U.N. Calls for Internet Censorship

[MusterX]

The U.N. has reported that VAWG, violence against women and girls, on the internet has reached epic proportions. They have put their foot down and announced that internet bullies must be stopped! The article goes on to state that providers should supervise all content to make sure nobody is getting harassed.

This would make ISP's and social media sites like Facebook/Twitter responsible for what their users do. What would constitute harassment? If I say F you bitch to the wrong person would the U.N. want me punished accordingly? Basically the U.N. is calling for the word police.

On Thursday, the organization’s Broadband Commission for Digital Development released a damning “world-wide wake-up call” on what it calls “cyber VAWG,” or violence against women and girls. The report concludes that online harassment is “a problem of pandemic proportion” — which, nbd, we’ve all heard before.

But the United Nations then goes on to propose radical, proactive policy changes for both governments and social networks, effectively projecting a whole new vision for how the Internet could work.

Under U.S. law — the law that, not coincidentally, governs most of the world’s largest online platforms — intermediaries such as Twitter and Facebook generally can’t be held responsible for what people do on them. But the United Nations proposes both that social networks proactively police every profile and post, and that government agencies only “license” those who agree to do so.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...l-dangerous-vision-for-the-future-of-the-web/

 

[SuperLuigi]

The day has come when we have to defend out freedom of speech. It has been socially discouraged and shamed in the past, but now they are making attempts to put censorship into law. The same thing is happening in Canada with the "twitter harassment" trial.

Also lol at it being because women get targeted on the internet while men are constantly being called beta male f@ggot neckbeard pussies who live in their moms basement. When a female reveals their gender online I usually see people being nice to her.

 

[melvinj0]

Lol at all this talk about gender doesn't matter but then we are constantly being reminded about how difficult it is to be a woman in today's world. When I was 14 I played a game called Runescape, I used a female character and would constantly receive free in game currency from other players and they would all tell me how clever and funny I am. Being a girl online is fucking awesome.

 

[Lovestorm]

You can't inflict violence through text, so it's immediately obvious that this is hysterical, leftist gibberish at best.

Hell knows how they would deal with the tens of millions of court cases that would result from all the sensitive princesses and cross dressers getting triggered and calling the police.

 

[M3t4tr0n]

Yes censor the internet. We already have enough ugliness and hate to rot us from the inside as it is. Besides we're all children and we need big brother to cover our eyes when the world is hurting our feelings. This is the only way good people will be able to sleep at night.

 

[Torrid]

The UN is useless and this is hilariously stupid.

 

[7437]

Sounds about right for their new human rights head, Saudi Arabia.

 

[Nimrod]

Not be long until we are on full lock down .. Hello transhumanism .. Well if there gonna do it and no one is going to complain make it quick.

 

[Nimrod]

The human race is in free fall devolution.. Bring it mother fuckers bring it on ..

 

[Chinballs]

So every normal decent human being should give up their privacy because we as a collective can't handle idiots and kids?

That's the exact opposite of what we should do.

Take at look at the violence against girls in Saudi Arabia before you start to regulate what people can say on the internet.

 

[Joe Mama]

Lol at all this talk about gender doesn't matter but then we are constantly being reminded about how difficult it is to be a woman in today's world. When I was 14 I played a game called Runescape, I used a female character and would constantly receive free in game currency from other players and they would all tell me how clever and funny I am. Being a girl online is fucking awesome.

Feesh? That you?

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

So every normal decent human being should give up their privacy because we as a collective can't handle idiots and kids?

That's the exact opposite of what we should do.

Take at look at the violence against girls in Saudi Arabia before you start to regulate what people can say on the internet.

Which is why we should. With proper checks and balances and internet regulation we can address the sickos and problem makers. Internet regulation is no different than say financial regulation or other types of regulation people desire.

 

[Chinballs]

Which is why we should. With proper checks and balances and internet regulation we can address the sickos and problem makers. Internet regulation is no different than say financial regulation or other types of regulation people desire.

We can already address the sickos and the problem makers, it's called having an opinion. We talk to each other every day frankly (meant in general).

I'm just very skeptical to internet policing. It's a huge responsibility and huge voulnerability as well as I see it.

What other types of effects will internet policing have if done poorly?

 

[Corin7hian]

Which is why we should. With proper checks and balances and internet regulation we can address the sickos and problem makers. Internet regulation is no different than say financial regulation or other types of regulation people desire.

How does having less of a voice help uncover and address "sickos" and "problem makers" In a way that it already does not in it's current (less regulated) state?

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

We can already address the sickos and the problem makers, it's called having an opinion. We talk to each other every day frankly (meant in general).

I'm just very skeptical to internet policing. It's a huge responsibility and huge voulnerability as well as I see it.

What other types of effects will internet policing have if done poorly?

Oh quiet. A lot of hypocrites want regulations on things that do not affect them but try and regulate the out or control internet and these same sickos with an agenda or something to hide crawl out and defend an unregulated internet. Well if you are so against regulation lets deregulate everything!!

Hypocrites

 

[Chinballs]

Oh quiet. A lot of hypocrites want regulations on things that do not affect them but try and regulate the out or control internet and these same sickos with an agenda or something to hide crawl out and defend an unregulated internet. Well if you are so against regulation lets deregulate everything!!

Hypocrites

I did not mean it like that, but yea I am more for deregulation then regulation in general.

But how do you see this thing work without being completely corrupted by vested interrest?

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

How does having less of a voice help uncover and address "sickos" and "problem makers" In a way that it already does not in it's current (less regulated) state?

It is not less of a voice. Quit being a conspiracy theorist.

What about regulation in the 70s that hurt workers? What aboht countless regulation today which hurts or controls things? What about regulations in finance which effect things? What about environment regulation and closing of coal factories and laying off of thousands of workers
Ill tell you. People like you do not give a damn because it does not effect you and you play wannabe liberal when it suits your interests. But oh the minute a government with support of people or support to end child porn circulation shows compassion conspiracy theorist jump out.

Think about it for a second and quit entertaining conspiracy theories

There are pros and cons to everything and proper environment regulation and financial along with internet is needed.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

I did not mean it like that, but yea I am more for deregulation then regulation in general.

But how do you see this thing work without being completely corrupted by vested interrest?

Controlled bu whom? Lol acting as if the internet is somehow not corrupted as it is right now. Internet regulation will be supported by the people once they understand the truth and once trusted checke and balances emerge.

This belief that more education and improvement somehow leads to corruption is absurd.

 

[Chinballs]

Controlled bu whom? Lol acting as if the internet is somehow not corrupted as it is right now. Internet regulation will be supported by the people once they understand the truth and once trusted checke and balances emerge.

This belief that more education and improvement somehow leads to corruption is absurd.

I am not against more education or the end of child porn circulation. I'm just saying money talks.

UN calls for this while at the same time putting Saudi Arabia in charge of human rights? It might be a really slick strategy on their part, I don't know about the inner workings over there.

But that is what is raising concern on my part. Note that I don't claim to know everything.

 

[Corin7hian]

It is not less of a voice. Quit being a conspiracy theorist.

What about regulation in the 70s that hurt workers? What aboht countless regulation today which hurts or controls things? What about regulations in finance which effect things? What about environment regulation and closing of coal factories and laying off of thousands of workers
Ill tell you. People like you do not give a damn because it does not effect you and you play wannabe liberal when it suits your interests. But oh the minute a government with support of people or support to end child porn circulation shows compassion conspiracy theorist jump out.

Think about it for a second and quit entertaining conspiracy theories

There are pros and cons to everything and proper environment regulation and financial along with internet is needed.

What does this have to do with conspiracy theories? The question (which you did not answer btw) was how it would help the cause if you had less of a voice. Im asking on the basis of it's efficiency. I have no problem with regulations where they belong but it begs the question as to why if it is not needed. Like do you feel nothing is safe without government regulation?

and ROFL @ wanting to even be caught dead playing a "wannabe liberal"