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[ NNSquad ] Failure of Trust: The Disingenuousness of the ITU
Failure of Trust: The Disingenuousness of the ITU
US, UK and other countries won't sign telecom treaty
http://j.mp/12cp2wQ (CIO)
The resolution, to be signed Friday, will likely include language that
would allow governments to get involved in Internet governance, a
provision on fighting spam and a provision on fighting cybersecurity,
among other issues, Kramer said during a press conference. The U.S.
delegation objected to all three of those provisions, saying the spam
and security provisions will open the door to new censorship of the
Web ... The Internet governance proposals would take power away from
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and
multistakeholder groups, Kramer added. "It was clear that some
administrations were seeking to insert government control over
Internet governance," he said ... Negotiations during the two-week
conference began to sour late Wednesday, when countries began backing
away from text they had already agreed to and WCIT Chairman Mohamed
Nasser Al-Ghanim called for a show of hands to "take the temperature"
of the room. He then declared that a majority was in favor of a
resolution including the Internet in the WCIT regulations, in addition
to traditional telecom services, a position the U.S. and its allies
had opposed.
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To be blunt, ITU leadership did not act in good faith. Their behavior
in this case does not bode well for the future.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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