Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 19 March 2012.
Julian Huppert
Liberal Democrat, Cambridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposals in the forthcoming Communications green paper on fundamental freedoms and rights as outlined in Objective 3 of the UK Cyber Security Strategy.
Ed Vaizey
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The forthcoming green paper will reflect the work already underway to deliver against the cyber security strategy, published last November. The Government are a strong supporter of freedom of expression on the internet and will continue to encourage States that restrict access to online media to uphold their international human rights commitments. In October last year, I attended the Council of Europe/Austrian conference in Vienna, in my capacity as Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative industries. This was to help facilitate endorsement of the “Internet Governance 2012-2015 Council of Europe Strategy” in early 2012, which identifies priorities for 2012-2015 to advance the protection and respect for human rights, the rule of law, and democracy on the Internet.
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