I had a recent post
where I mentioned the European Union's attempt to wrest control of the
internet from the United States. It appears it will happen. This
article from The Guardian reports that this week in Geneva a group of
nations, some not too friendly toward America, supported a move to put
control of the world wide web into the hands of an international
consortium.
The U.S. was resisting the move but it appears the final decision was taken out of its hands. Here is a key paragraph from the article:
You probably won't hear much about this. But as the article concludes, with international governments controlling the future of the internet things will not be the same again. Read the whole article here.
The U.S. was resisting the move but it appears the final decision was taken out of its hands. Here is a key paragraph from the article:
A number of countries represented in Geneva, including Brazil, China, Cuba, Iran and several African states, insisted the US give up control, but it refused. The meeting “was going nowhere”, Hendon says, and so the EU
took a bold step and proposed two stark changes: a new forum that would
decide public policy, and a “cooperation model” comprising governments
that would be in overall charge.
You probably won't hear much about this. But as the article concludes, with international governments controlling the future of the internet things will not be the same again. Read the whole article here.
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