WSIS Blogging: U.S. Stands Firm on Status Quo
From Tunis, Kieren McCarthy writes in his blog:
The most important people have now spoken at the first resumed discussion of Internet governance - and it looks as though a big fight is brewing.
The US has, unsurprisingly, stood firm and demanded the status quo be maintained. Having finally got the microphone working - something that added a somewhat testy edge to the statement, the US representative went on:
"If the Internet is to reach its full potential as a medium it is vital that it is free from burdensome inter-governmental control." The strength of the Internet is in its decentralisation and the suggested changes to this existing mechanisms and organisations would be an "obstacle to globalisation".
He ended by calling on "all our colleagues to work with us".
posted by Fergie @ 11/14/2005 07:45:00 AM
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