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The House Has Voted to Approve a Bill to Promote Internet "Free From Government Control"
Apr 15, 2013A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has voted to approve a bill that would make it official U.S. policy to promote an Internet "free from government control," with promises that the Republican majority would work with critics of ...
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ICANN's New CEO Is Working to Bring Home The Addition of New Generic Top-Level Domains
Mar 20, 2013ICANN's new CEO Fadi Chehade, who took over in October, is on a mission to help politicians around the world understand the importance of keeping the Internet intact and open, and is also working to bring home the addition of new generic ...
Tags: Computer Products, Internet
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New Legislation in Congress Would Establish a Government Task Force
Mar 7, 2013New legislation in Congress would establish a government task force to monitor domestic and overseas policy proposals that could threaten Internet freedom. The Global Free Internet Act, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and three ...
Tags: Internet freedom, legislation, US
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Countries Will Not Quit After a Partial Victory at an Itu Meeting in December
Feb 17, 2013Countries pushing for international regulation of the Internet through the U.N. International Telecommunication Union will not quit after a partial victory at an ITU meeting in December, some Internet government experts told U.S. lawmakers. ...
Tags: U.N.International Telecommunication Union, ITU meeting, Internet
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Public Policy Formulation in All Domains Is The Sovereign Right of Member States
Feb 4, 2013Public policy formulation in all domains, including the Internet, is the sovereign right of member states, said ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Toure on Wednesday, suggesting that a debate over control of the Internet is far from over at the ...
Tags: Internet Policy, ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Toure, internet
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ITU Played a Standards-Setting Role for Global Telecommunication Networks Over The Decades
Dec 31, 2012The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN body that has played a standards-setting role for global telecommunication networks over the decades, Wednesday night suffered a website attack that severely disrupted a conference to ...
Tags: ITU, global telecommunication, networks, Website Cyberattack
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The U.N. Should Embrace Free and Open Broadband Markets and Allow Individual Countries
Dec 26, 2012The U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union should embrace free and open broadband markets and allow individual countries to reform their telecommunications regulations instead of attempting to centrally regulate the industry, the ...
Tags: U.N., ITU, telecommunications regulations, U.S.delegation
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Google Joined US Government Concerns That ITU Could Get Control of The Internet
Dec 26, 2012Google has joined US government concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International Telecommunication ...
Tags: UN, Google, Internet, Computer Products
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US Confirmed It Resists Efforts by China to Put Internet Under Control of United Nations
Dec 21, 2012The US has confirmed it will resist efforts by China, Russia and their allies to put the internet under the control of the United Nations. The confirmation came in a statement issued by the US Department of State on US proposals to be ...
Tags: internet, telecommunications, network, IT industry
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The UN Agency Is Updating Its ITRs at The World Conference on International
Dec 21, 2012European MPs are the latest grouping to voice concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International ...
Tags: International Telecommunication Union, internet, telecoms rules, Google
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UK Should Take More Control of Internet to Counter Us Stranglehold, Says It Entrepreneur
Dec 21, 2012The UK should take more control of the internet to counter the US stranglehold, says an IT entrepreneur. “A British scientist invented the world wide web, so why are we now made to feel lucky to be involved?” said Scott ...
Tags: UK, IT industry, US stranglehold, IT service
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Russia, China and Some Other Countries Withdraws a Draft Proposal at The World Conference
Dec 19, 2012Russia, China and some other countries have withdrawn a draft proposal at the World Conference on International Telecommunications, that according to some accounts aimed to bring the Internet under the control of the International ...
Tags: Dubai, ITU, Russia, wcit, World Conference
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An Agreement Hammered out There May Encourage Countries to Censor Web Content
Dec 19, 2012Expect no major changes to the functioning of the Internet in the coming months after a controversial ending to the International Telecommunication Union's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), but an agreement ...
Tags: Internet, Computer Products, WCIT, spam
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A New Provision Retains a Controversial Proposal on Fostering The Growth of The Internet
Dec 19, 2012The final treaty of the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai includes a new provision that does not address content-related aspects of telecommunications, but retains a controversial proposal on fostering the growth ...
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Internet Freedom Could Be at Stake at a Secretive Meeting of Governments
Dec 18, 2012Internet freedom could be at stake at a secretive meeting of governments that begun on Monday in Dubai. The United Nations International Telecommunication Union will negotiate new international telecom regulations, including Internet ...
Tags: Dubai, highlightedpost, internet, Internet meeting, Internet freedom