Summit on information technology in Tunis.

Malisha Christian
EAP2 – B
03/24/2008

According to J. Twist (2005) says that the UN summit on the Information society has discussed about the gap of Information technology in the world. Firstly, everyone should have the right to speak. It’s their right. Secondly, It was noticeable the freedom to get information for all civilians. One should have his right to express his feelings and views. Lastly, there was an important issue of Internet fraud, violence, and terrorism by using the Internet. All these events are not enough to create a people oriented information society, and there were not good enough international standards.

In today’s advanced world, information technology is the best way to get information, but every country does not get it equally. There are many differences such as there are technology gap, there is difference between rich and poor country to get it. There is summit to decrease this gap of technology of countries. It states that everyone should have right to speak, freedom of expression and to stop Internet fraud, violence, and terrorism.

Firstly, Everyone should have right to speak. It’s their right. In the summit, there was main talk about freedom of speech. Everyone has the right to say what he or she wants to. If anyone doesn't get the chance to speak, there is no progress. There was no knowledge. You can’t get other’s view. J. Twist (2005) has mentioned, the US delegate expressed his views with disappointment that Tunisian government did not take benefits of the freedom of speech you can’t see the other side of the picture. So you cant have economic progress. Everyone has his or her own right to live life and speak what he or she feels.
Secondly, It was noticeable the freedom to get information for all civilians. In this global world everyone should have right to get the information what he or she want. If we get more information or ideas, there will be progress. Some countries argued that some country is not getting the benefits of information, so people should be aware of all required information, which can help them. However, China’s government says that we want some safety because we don’t want that our people could involve in any kind of criminal acts that can affect on human lives. Furthermore, information could be good or bad, but it’s depending on people how they take it. Government should have some rules to provide information for people, so they can be safe from others countries. Getting the information is the best way to know the world.

Lastly, there was an important issue of Internet fraud, violence and terrorism by using the Internet. Nowadays the cyber crime has increased. There are so many Internet frauds. People do misuse of technology for terrorism, violence and in many activities where they can harm society or anyone. It should be stopped. There should be legal steps against it. Mr. yoshio Utsumi, secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union said “ Freedom in cyberspace is a pre- requisite for an information society.”

Last, I would like to conclude that everyone should have the right to speak, freedom to get information and there should be strong legal action to decrease crime. Everyone should have right to share information. Above all activities are not enough to make a people orientated society; there should be good enough international standards.


References
Twist, J. (2005, November 18). Controversy blights UN net summit. BBC NEWS.
Retrieved March 19, 2008, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/
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