Fight for control of the Net erupts at UN

A controversial plan to grant governments broad controls over the Internet has stolen the spotlight of a United Nations conference on IT next week, where China and Cuba will be among its strongest supporters.

A contentious political move to grant an international governing body such as the U.N.’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) control over Internet governance issues — from distributing Web site domains to the public to fighting spam — has all but obscured the more virtuous aspects of the event. reuters, washingtonpost.com and FT.com all have stories.

December 5, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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