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EU Wants International Control of Internet

An AP newswire article by Aoife White, via ABC News, reports that:

The European Union insisted Friday the job of Internet traffic cop must be shared by governments and the private sector.

The U.S. wants to remain the Internet's ultimate authority, rejecting calls in a United Nations meeting in Geneva for a U.N. body to take over.

EU spokesman Martin Selmayr rejected American claims the EU had changed direction.

"We are looking for a new cooperation model, a model that allows Internet governance and the laying down of public policy principles in coordination by all countries which are interested in the governance of the Internet because the Internet is a global resource," he said.

"The EU … is very firm on this position."

The Geneva talks were the last preparatory meeting before November's World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.

posted by Fergie @ 9/30/2005 06:59:00 AM