Lok Sabha Debates
Regarding Publishing Of Names And E-Mail Of One Million- Activists By Trai. on 28 April, 2015
Sixteenth Loksabha an> Title: Regarding publishing of names and e-mail of one million- activists by TRAI.
SHRI GAURAV GOGOI (KALIABOR): Madam Speaker, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India initiated a consultative process on net neutrality. … (Interruptions)
श्री कृण प्रताप (जौनपुर): मैडम, मुझे बोलने का मौका दिया जाए। ...(व्यवधान)
माननीय अध्यक्ष : मैंने आपका नाम दो बार बुलाया है। अभी बैठिए।
SHRI GAURAV GOGOI : The process had focused on a controversial proposal where telecom providers get to choose the kind of content that Internet users want. The Congress Leader, Shri Rahul Gandhi had said that this proposal infringes upon the basic right of every Indian citizen to free Internet. His voice lends support to one million people who have written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India demanding net neutrality.
Yesterday, in a grave error, TRAI had published the names and e-mail addresses of all these one million activists. The seriousness of this crime can only be gauged if the House imagines what happens if a bank leaks the names and account details of all its account holders. That is the same damage that has been done to these one million activists. The names and e-mail addresses are now exposed to hackers, online criminals, cyber crimes, spamming, etc. Therefore, it has increased the burden for these one million activists who were demanding the basic right to net neutrality.
I request the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications to launch a strict investigation into the body, identify the lapses in the security procedures and why they have compromised upon the right of security and online privacy for these one million citizens. TRAI should be investigated into and the Ministry should stand by on the side of these one million activists who are campaigning against big corporates on net neutrality.
I request the Government to stand by the masses and not by the big corporates. … (Interruptions)
HON. SPEAKER: You can associate with Shri Gaurav Gogoi.
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HON. SPEAKER: Shri P.K. Biju, Shri Sankar Prasad Datta, Shri Jose K. Mani, Adv. Joice George, Dr. A. Sampath, Shrimati P.K. Shreemathi Teacher, Shri Rabindra Kumar Jena and Prof. Sugata Bose and Shri Md. Badaruddoza Khan are permitted to associate with the issue raised by Shri Gaurav Gogoi.
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HON. SPEAKER: Shri Krishna Pratap Singh.
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