December 14, 2012

U.S. refuses to back U.N. treaty #ITU #ITRs #WCIT12 #WCIT #IGF #Internet

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American delegation to meeting in Dubai rejected last-minute restrictions inserted in text by UAE.

Peter H. Hellmonds‘s insight:

There is a large rift between countries who want the Internet to come under the rules of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs), which are being updated for the first time since 1988, and those who want to keep the Internet free from those rules. As the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT12), where the negotiations are taking place, is nearing its end, the rift becomes ever more transparent.

“It is clear that the world community is at a crossroads in its collective view of the Internet,” Kramer, the US ambassador to WCIT said.

 

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