World wide sharing of knowledge

Internet is offers an environment for invention; it brings latest knowledge to the students here and updates them on latest developments. There are new problems which may arise in controlling the net which government wants to do. When the government cannot control the Internet itself, it tries to regulate it. While consulting with Internet platforms, government was advised that they cannot be held liable to third party content and that self-censorship will reduce free flow of information. What the government does not realize is that internet cannot be controlled. It is too vast. Government does not need to fear the internet, as internet reflects the state of affairs here and it can help in creating a solution to the problems we have. Laws were proposed for controlling the Internet. Like the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011. Copyright Amendment Bill aspires to get rid of operational problems and find solutions to newer exigencies. At many times terms cannot be defined properly, like—“sensitive issues” or “grossly harmful” which are used to describe objectionable content. The Internet companies are located outside India and need not follow our rules. Rules cannot put pressure on the intermediaries to mange content or monitor what the users write about. New challenges pose new problems for the government and any apprehension in dealing with them shows incompetence. When people coming from the state of Assam were rushing back to their state, Government tried to stop the reverse migration by stopping social networking sites. But the speed of the Internet was beyond control. Government was too slow to stop people. Fears in the mind of the people cannot be dispensed of by turning the light off. Wrong methods were used, to control people’s movements. Instead by blocking, government could have used the Internet to give the people confidence and assure them that there is no threat to their lives. 
Truth is that government wants an excuse to block. There is no way truth can be hidden. Newspapers say it all; TV channels also reflect reality and these mediums are more explicit. Freedom of speech and expression just cannot be controlled.