Declaration to keep Internet free

Subject: Polity

Context: India yet to sign Declaration to keep Internet free

Concept:

Countries like the US, the European Union, the UK, Canada and France have signed ‘Declaration for the Future of the Internet’.
Declaration is agreement to prevent digital authoritarianism.
Declaration represents a political commitment among the partners to advance a “positive vision for the Internet and digital technologies.”
Declaration’s principles include commitment to protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms of all people, promoting a global Internet that advances the free flow of information, advancing “inclusive and affordable” connectivity, promoting trust in the global digital ecosystem, including through protection of privacy and protecting, strengthening and the multi-stakeholder approach to governance that keeps the Internet running for the benefit of all.
India, China and Russia among large that are nations not part of this Declaration.