Foreign Secretary opens the London Conference on Cyberspace:
The 7 principles proposed are:
The need for governments to act proportionately in cyberspace and in accordance with international law;
The need for everyone to have the ability to access cyberspace, including the skills, technology, confidence and opportunity to do so;
The need for users of cyberspace to show tolerance and respect for diversity of language, culture and ideas;
Ensuring that cyberspace remains open to innovation and the free flow of ideas, information and expression;
The need to respect individual rights of privacy and to provide proper protection to intellectual property;
The need for us all to work together collectively to tackle the threat from criminals acting online;
And the promotion of a competitive environment which ensures a fair return on investment in networks, services and content.
Hague suggested these principles as a starting point in efforts to reach a broad agreement about behaviour in cyberspace.