Govt against Internet control but seeks consensus: Sibal

At the India Internet Conference today, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal affirmed that the government was against controlling or governing the Internet, but a consensus was required among stakeholders to deal with issues that could crop up in the future. In his statement, Sibal added, "There should be no formal government interference in the dissemination of information through a medium which is perhaps quintessential representative of democracy... What we want is consensus and not a decision. Consensus which will then formalised through which we can deal in future".