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By Larry Seltzer – On Thursday the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing on “International Proposals to Regulate the Internet.” The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) plans to take Internet regulation up as one of its tasks at its World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) in Dubai this December.
The ITU is an important agency with a fascinating history. It began as the International Telegraph Union in 1865 through an international treaty to standardize telegraphy. Today it is an agency of the United Nations, the same UN that just named Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe one of its Leaders For Tourism. more> http://tinyurl.com/botxpsy
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