According to Brahma Chellaney, a noted expert on nuclear and security issues at the Center for Policy Research in Delhi, "threshold" is not a technical term but an expression coined by analysts to describe countries that have successfully conducted weapons tests but have not declared themselves to be nuclear states.

CNN: OUT OF THE CLOSET

As an American creation, the internet embodies decentralisation and openness on a technical level that has translated into free expression and low-cost access in both political and economic spheres.

ECONOMIST: No one controls the internet, but many are determined to try

This publication makes clear, freedom of expression is not just a by-product of technical change and it must be protected by legal and regulatory measures that balance a variety of potentially conflicting values and interests in a complex global ecology of choices.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

The Organization also believes that freedom of expression is not just a by-product of technical change: it must be protected by legal and regulatory measures that balance a variety of potentially conflicting values and interests in a complex global ecology of choices.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Resources of human knowledge or expression, whether cultural, educational, scientific and administrative, or embracing technical, legal, medical and other kinds of information, are increasingly created digitally, or converted into digital form from existing analogue resources.

UNESCO: Communication and Information