Is there an alternative to cyberwar over single gateway?
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Re: "Group warns of wave of cyber attacks if single gateway plan is not abandoned", Politics, October 4.
Authorities have threatened to prosecute opponents of a single Internet gateway who launched cyber attacks on state agency websites on September 30. Meanwhile angry netizens have threatened more retaliatory measures unless the government scraps the plan before midnight on October 14.
Is fighting back like this beneficial to anyone?
The government claims the gateway scheme is only being studied, not implemented, and that it would be good for the digital economy, creating a stable and secure system and preventing young people from accessing inappropriate and unsafe Internet sites.
Its opponents argue that the government is forging ahead to comply with a Cabinet resolution, and that a single gateway has more cons than pros – especially because it is contrary to the fundamental right to free access to information.
Can we, as a society, find a way to head off this cyber warfare? Isn’t there a better solution to this conflict?
Sutipunt Bongsununt
