Not content with quietly ignoring countries that ignore it's own resolutions, whilst supporting countries invading other countries the UN has now decided that it wants to get in on the Internet surveillance bandwagon.
UN calls to expand internet surveillance
The internet has become a standard tool for terror groups who use it to spread propaganda, recruit members and raise cash, warns a UN report.
Wider surveillance of the net would help combat this growing problem, said the report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
In addition, it said, more could be done to track mobile phones to help catch members of terror groups.
It would be helpful if more ISPs retained data, it said.
"Just as internet use among regular, lawful citizens has increased in the past few years, terrorist organisations also make extensive use of this indispensable global network for many different purposes," said Yury Fedotov, executive director of UNODC in a statement.
As well as maintaining communications between members of terror groups, the net was also proving useful as it let them incite followers to act on their behalf.
BBC News - UN calls to expand internet surveillance
Just what's needed - an Organisation that can't get it's own members to enforce it's own resolutions giving more incentive to governments to actively spy on it's own citizens, in the name of anti-terrorism. Bunch of fuds. The UN should have better things to do like publish inaccurate global warming statistics.
Before we get the "nothing to fear, nothing to hide" brigade jumping in, ask this "Why should the majority of the population have their activities logged because of the minority?"
UN calls to expand internet surveillance
The internet has become a standard tool for terror groups who use it to spread propaganda, recruit members and raise cash, warns a UN report.
Wider surveillance of the net would help combat this growing problem, said the report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
In addition, it said, more could be done to track mobile phones to help catch members of terror groups.
It would be helpful if more ISPs retained data, it said.
"Just as internet use among regular, lawful citizens has increased in the past few years, terrorist organisations also make extensive use of this indispensable global network for many different purposes," said Yury Fedotov, executive director of UNODC in a statement.
As well as maintaining communications between members of terror groups, the net was also proving useful as it let them incite followers to act on their behalf.
BBC News - UN calls to expand internet surveillance
Just what's needed - an Organisation that can't get it's own members to enforce it's own resolutions giving more incentive to governments to actively spy on it's own citizens, in the name of anti-terrorism. Bunch of fuds. The UN should have better things to do like publish inaccurate global warming statistics.
Before we get the "nothing to fear, nothing to hide" brigade jumping in, ask this "Why should the majority of the population have their activities logged because of the minority?"
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