This shall be an eye-opener for all concerned. It is WikiLeaks today.
Tomorrow it could be any body, unless the US interest is served. A fitting reply has to be given to the Imperialism. Thomas . 2011/1/22 Guru गुरु <[email protected]> > > "... The WikiLeaks server was removed from Amazon.com without any judicial > process. Second, the WikiLeaks domain name was removed by EasyDNS without > any judicial process. Third, PayPal and Visa stopped providing services for > WikiLeaks without any judicial process. These decisions were made in > response to political and public pressure, mostly from the USA. This has > seriously challenged one of postulates of Internet governance: that the > United States is the benevolent guardian of the core Internet > infrastructure. Regardless of their views about WikiLeaks per se, many > national governments have started worrying that their core Internet > resources, run by US companies or based in the USA, could face a similar > destiny in a time of crisis. The first reactions came very quickly, > including a decision by the Russian government to start using open source > software as a way to reduce its dependence on Microsoft and other > US-developed proprietary software..." > > "After the deluge: Internet governance in the aftermath of WikiLeaks" > at > http://deepdip.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/after-the-deluge-internet-governance-in-the-aftermath-of-wikileaks/ > > -- > > Gurumurthy Kasinathan > Director, IT for Change*In Special Consultative Status with the United > Nations ECOSOC*www.ITforChange.Net <http://www.itforchange.net/> | Cell:91 > 9845437730 | Tel:91 80 26654134, 26536890 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > -- With warm greetings. Joseph Thomas, [email protected]/[email protected], Mob : +91-9447738369/Res : 04842792369 It is one thing to understand and another to act upon this understanding.
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