Software allows governments to censor LGTBI content

The use of Netsweeper technology is contrary to international human rights law

GAYLES.TV.- A Canadian company that is dedicated to the management of Internet access around the world offers a software called Netsweeper that censors the content LGTBI. Citizen Lab (a group within the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto that analyzes the impact of technology on human rights and global security) has denounced that the use of technology Netsweeper it is contrary to international law on human rights.

After extensive research Citizen Lab has warned that this technology was used in more than 30 countries, 10 of which censors the content LGTBI: Afghanistan, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The use of these technological tools by Internet Service Providers could violate the freedom of expression and undermine the human rights of certain minority groups and the protections against discrimination contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The software is capable of blocking in the searches of each country various news and content related to these issues erroneously classified as pornography to achieve its censorship. Netsweeper filter content for censorship purposes. Among the blocked topics are the category "Alternative lifestyles", which covers from content LGBTI, organizations for the defense of human rights, cultural groups and health issues related to the HIV and AIDS.

To report abuse All Out y R3D have created a online petition directed to Perry J. Roach, founder and executive director of Netsweeper to end the censorship of content related to the population LGBTI and of any type of content that violates human rights.