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Respect internet freedom, US tells India
Wednesday August 22, 2012 10:26:56 AM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington: Voicing
its support for full freedom of the internet, US has urged India
to maintain respect for fundamental freedoms, while probing
rumours that have caused an exodus of northeastern Indians from
southern cities.
The US "have seen these reports that northeastern Indians are
returning to the northeast from cities in southern India, and
these media reports that the returns are due to concerns about
personal safety", State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland
told reporters Tuesday when asked about India blocking some
websites for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of hatred.
"On the larger question of internet freedom, you know where we are
on that issue, and we are always on the side of full freedom of
the internet," she said.
"But as the Indian government continues to investigate these
instances and preserve security, we also always urge the
government to maintain its own commitment to human rights,
fundamental freedoms, rule of law."
Asked to explain its stand on WikiLeaks in view of its professed
support of full freedom of the internet, Nuland said: "WikiLeaks
didn't have to do with freedom of the internet. It had to do with
the compromise of US government classified information."
The US had not asked for any investigation by the Indian
government nor was it part of the investigation, Nuland said,
noting that India itself has "called an investigation of some of
the sources of the rumours that have caused people to start to
move".
"And so we are going to obviously watch and see how that process
goes forward," she said.
Asked if the US had or would ask US-based companies, including
Google, Facebook, and Twitter to comply with Indian government's
directive to go after the sources of erroneous information, Nuland
said she could not speak "of the conversation that those companies
may or may not be having with the Indian government".
"We maintain open lines to our own companies in India, as we do
around the world, and we are obviously open to consultation with
them if they need it from us," she said.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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