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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton renewed her push Tuesday for the free and open use of the Internet, which protesters from Egypt to Iran use to demand political freedoms. In excerpts of a speech delivered in Washington, the chief US diplomat said the question of what people do online and what principles they follow is one that "becomes more urgent every day." The US supports the "freedoms of expression, assembly, and association online" - what Clinton calls the "freedom to connect" - and urges other nations to embrace those freedoms. The US is also committed to protecting civil liberties and human rights in cyberspace and is "determined to track and stop terrorism and criminal activity online and offline," Clinton said in her speech. "We are convinced that an open Internet fosters long-term peace, progress and prosperity," she continued. In a speech on Internet freedoms in January 2010, Clinton urged China to conduct a thorough probe into cyberattacks on Google and other US companies and called for China to lift restrictions on citizens' use of the Internet. In response, the Chinese foreign ministry lashed out against Clinton's criticism and urged the US to stop unreasonable accusations on China in the name of so-called Internet freedom. Agencies - Global Times |
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