Kapil Sibal speaks at Google’s Big Tent Activate Summit in New Delhi

Speaking at Google’s Big Tent Activate Summit in New Delhi, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that internet should be used for empowerment and not for disturbance. He said that internet has become one of the most powerful mediums to bring equality in the society. He said government understand its effects and tries everything to reach out youth.

“This is the ultimate analysis, the medium is for empowerment, it is not for disruption. Any technology can be used in any way, like an atom can create electricity or have Hiroshima. It’s the atom that provides the solution. The Internet is that kind of energy of millions of atoms. Those atoms should be used for the good of mankind,” Sibal said.

“It s a platform where we need to talk to each other on a daily basis. And also adhere to certain rules of the game. You cannot play cricket without rules, you cannot play baseball without rules. Now those rules have to be self-imposed …Internet governance to me is an oxymoron. How can you govern anybody on the net, you cannot. The net must govern itself,” Sibal further said.

On government’s part, he said “..I think that we also in government realise that we need to reach out to the net as well. That s the transformational change that will help in politics,” Sibal added.

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