UN: Online Privacy Now Considered a Human Right The United Nations has unanimously voted to adopt a resolution calling for online privacy to be recognized as a human right , a recent resolution extending the general human right of privacy to the online world. With a clear eye on recent Snowden revelations in the States, the resolution calls on countries "to establish or maintain existing independent, effective domestic oversight mechanisms capable of ensuring transparency, as appropriate, and accountability for State surveillance of communications." Of course since resolutions aren't binding, the UN's recommendations can and will likely be ignored by most UN member countries.







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1 recommendation Packeteers Premium Member the US owes the UN nearly a Billion Dollars

is overdue to be demolished and replaced to the tune of several Billion more.



is there anyone left in the World that thinks the US cares what the UN says in back dues and pledges. in addition the UN building complex itself in NYCis overdue to be demolished and replaced to the tune of several Billion more.is there anyone left in the World that thinks the US cares what the UN says me1212

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Pleasant Hill, MO 1 recommendation me1212 Member Re: the US owes the UN nearly a Billion Dollars No, and most of the time I am happy we don't. your moderator at work hidden : Offensive



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good thing this point is relevant to the article

Bisfo

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The maximum amount a country can contribute to the UN is limited to 24% of the UN annual budget, which is what the US contributes each year.



The UN buildings are currently being retrofitted - the secretariat is already done and the Great Hall is nearly complete as part of the Capital Master Plan (google it). Don't be an idiot. YDC

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Hewlett, NY YDC Member Tell Google and the other advertising companies.. Oh come on UN! The advertising agencies, including Google, have big wallets feeding them. There is no more privacy. Nice to think it could happen though Bengie25

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Wisconsin Rapids, WI Bengie25 Member Re: Tell Google and the other advertising companies.. The point is you're perfectly free to not use Google's services or websites that use Google's services, but you are not free to not be spied on.



With Google, you have a choice, with the government, you do not. AmericanMan

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united state AmericanMan Premium Member This is the last straw... I guess now we'll finally see the US exit the UN. The US Government could put up with everything else, but by declaring that people have a right to privacy they have clearly gone too far!

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Tulsa, OK KrK Premium Member The idea that the U.N. could push for privacy online.... .... is actually a positive.



However, the USA will ignore it. There is money to be made and information is power, so look for this initiative to go exactly nowhere.



Non binding resolutions are just fluff.

BeckonsAttor

@comcastbusiness.net BeckonsAttor Anon Information Is Not True Power There is a mass confusion that information is power, and though in a way it is it actually blinds you from everything else. It locks you mind inside a box, literally. Google and all these other authentic extremist groups are overlooking so much, blinding themselves is what they are doing, but they are forgetting everything else in order to attempt to achieve absolute power which they choose to see as a result of winning this war on information which quite simply and absolutely can not be done.



All it is is total waste of time, man power and resources; nothing more. A fool's errand to invade everybody's privacy except for that of the upper-dogs. Privacy truly should be a right.

paleblue

@centurytel.net paleblue Anon Re: Information Is Not True Power Privacy is a right and is protected under the Constitution! The sheer amount of this meta data collected on a daily basis it obscene just in bytes! There is no way to go through all that data! There just collecting everything and 99.99999999999999% is totally garbage! They will eventually run out of room to store all that data at some point because the volume of the data grows exponentially and they can't even make enough drives fast enough to keep up! Its silly if you ask me! Don't tread on me!!!

hyperbole

@139.218.244.x hyperbole to BeckonsAttor

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No, figuratively.

LGscats

@countryday.net LGscats Anon Joke Considering they do not consider clean WATER a human right I find this to be insulting. It only applies to people in the position to use the internet which is on 39% of the world. 100% of them need water to live. Get a clue.

googled it

@teksavvy.com googled it Anon Re: Joke www.un.org/waterforlifed ··· er.shtml



You're 4 years out of date.



On 28 July 2010, through Resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights. You're 4 years out of date.On 28 July 2010, through Resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights.

Pat_in_Belgi

@telenet.be Pat_in_Belgi Anon UN makes online privacy a "human right" The UN unanimously voted for this?!? Every single country?!? The U.S. included?!? This unanimity makes me wonder just exactly what are the "existing independent, effective domestic oversight mechanisms" to be used in "State surveillance of communications". Sounds like excessive verbiage for continued spying on individuals in any form of communications.

But I'm not a cynic..... your comment..

