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Russia backed by China and India want UN to control Internet, Americans believes Internet's freedom is being threatened
The Obama administration and U.S. industry officials recently told lawmakers that the Internet's freedom is being threatened by proposals to expand international telecommunications regulations to cover the Internet. Russia backed by China and India is pushing through a takeover of the internet by a UN supranational agency to make the web truly universal.
Leading emerging economies supported by other United Nations members initiated the discussion around handing over internet regulation to a UN agency. At present it is controlled by private shareholders.
Leading emerging economies supported by other United Nations members initiated the discussion around handing over internet regulation to a UN agency. At present it is controlled by private shareholders.
BRICS countries China, Brazil, India and Russia share the belief that the Geneva-based UN agency the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) would do a better job if put in charge of international cyber security, data privacy, technical standards and the global web address system.
A majority of countries agree with the United States that regulations for legacy telecom technologies should not be applied to the Internet, according to U.S. State Department official Philip Verveer. However, several countries have proposed controls outside the ITR that would cover how information moves across national networks and how Internet addressing is controlled. A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a nonbinding resolution expressing the House’s support for the status quo in Internet regulation, which is to promote a global Internet free from government control and preserve and advance the successful multi-stakeholder model that currently governs the Internet.
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