This hearing will be held jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations read more
Even as the Internet keeps growing and evolving, the fallout from major regulations expected in 2013 threaten to change its very nature. The dust has yet to settle in the wake of the contentious International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) conference in Dubai, but its repercussions could spit the Internet into two parts: read more
December 1st marks the beginning of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. Fussing about the threat to the Internet posed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is reaching that state of critical mass where media outlets write about it mainly because other media outlets are writing about it. Read More
A proposed global telecoms treaty that would give national governments control of the internet has been blocked by the US and key western and African nations. They said they are “not able to sign the agreement in its current form” at the end of a International Telecoms Union (ITU) conference in Dubai. read more
Rival visions over governance of the internet have emerged at a UN conference in Dubai. Russia, the UAE and others are proposing that 193 countries have “equal rights to manage the internet” including its technical specifications. They want this stated in an international communications treaty. Read More
Companies and organizations that are convinced the International Telecommunication Union will try to take over the Internet during next week’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) don’t understand what the meeting can decide on, said representatives of the UN body. Read more