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[ NNSquad ] ITU Goes Back On Multiple Promises: Makes Play For Internet Governance With Sneaky Surprise Vote
ITU Goes Back On Multiple Promises: Makes Play For Internet Governance
With Sneaky Surprise Vote
http://j.mp/TdwuCR (Techdirt)
"Well, well. In response to all of the earlier criticisms of the ITU,
and as part of its "social media strategy" to stave off ongoing
criticism, ITU officials had made a few promises leading up to the
World Conference on International Communications (WCIT). Among them:
(1) changes to International Telecom Regulations (ITRs) would be done
via consensus, rather than simple majority vote and (2) that the whole
thing was not about internet governance. In one move, the ITU appears
to have proved both of those claims to be blatantly false. Late into
the night in Dubai, as there was continuing "negotiations" over
whether or not any new regulations would cover internet
communications, Mohamed Nasser al Ghanim, the ITU summit's chairman,
claiming he wanted to get "a feel for the room" took what initially
looked like an informal vote on whether or not the ITRs would cover
the internet, backing a proposal brought forth by Algeria (and backed
by Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Nigeria). After the vote showed a majority
agreed to expand the ITRs to cover the internet, al Ghanim announced ..."
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My invectives suppressed with considerable effort.
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