Here they go ! Someone in some foreign country did it again : They say that India is less free now.
Really?
Why India, the world is moving away from democracy & it's manifestation through "freedom of expression".
The free speech index across the world is at an all time low since 2006.
Thank God there's no democracy in running homes, schools, offices, courts, religious cults nor is there a total freedom of speech there.
And I think most people understand that.
If not, we all would be administrators of the many WhatsApp groups we are part of, but are not.
But for the country, some naive individuals - want more democracy than the country !
The so called champions of freedom of expression are now realizing their blunder - the internet as a free medium is being used by unscrupulous elements and their governments are struggling to control them.
Europe has now demanded that the companies that provide service on the internet, must be held responsible for the content and so must try and monitor and control what's pushed on it. That's cause the terrorists have tricked them in their own game using the internet - no different than using American planes to destroy American skyscrapers on 9/11 !
Now that it's in their own front lawns, they are suddenly singing a different tune.
India too has taken a clue and will soon do the same - internet content checks & controls.
It's coming down to this - today you get an inch of benefits but risk giving away a foot.
It is time that the democratic nations follow a certain guidance where they simply have the internet content uploader and seeker pre-register with proper documentation and all will fall in place - with the benefits outperforming the risks.
Any uploading by the general public must be allowed only after selecting a category and any viewer from the general public too must have the right to select & be shown only from the pre-registered categories of his or her choice with no more anonymous uploading or viewing.
It means that if one wishes to see raw human beheading videos, that person must register for the relevant category first & must absolutely be barred from watching potato peeling videos, unless they re-register for that new category i.e. after proving that he or she is indeed an adult.
Unfortunately, today not just children but even mature adults have free access to the grotesque, kink and deviant material on the web, which could be repugnant to the human senses.How shocking is that !
You get the drift.
The freedom of expression argument was made in a different era, when an it took an entire village to bring up a child.
Today's axiom may as well be : Everybody's baby is nobody's baby except the internet's. Ouch.
Anonymity & free uploading should be an exception for rare of rare instance, where as a special case, anyone can load whatever without identifying themselves but to be viewed only by the authorities but not general public.
If above is not possible, it should be severely monitored by the platform service provider.
Desire for unabated and unabashed internet freedom today, is an argument pushed by those that deep down believe that 'my world' is different from 'my society' and one doesn't impact the other or by those that have a very low resolution picture between their core needs and superfluous wants.
And mind you, in no other country but America, the nation that invented & taught us all about the greatness of Democracy - it is there that as a president, Mr. Donald Trump waz banned from expressing what he wants on social media !
Don't ask exactly why, the answer isn't very clear.
Maybe because he was not a messiah of the Liberals & so the damn tolerant Liberals found him intolerant - how hypocritical is that !
It's time the world builds a Statue Of Responsibility & demolish the Liberty one, speaking metaphorically.
And if you absolutely must proceed with full abandon of responsibility, then matters not what foreigners think, instead just scream :
Bharat Mata Ki ... Jai Okay Please
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