BBC – Russia, the UAE and others are proposing that 193 countries have “equal rights to manage the internet” including its technical specifications.
They want this stated in an international communications treaty.
By contrast, the US wants to limit how the net features in the treaty’s regulations.
It says that failure to do so could aid censorship, adding that its view is backed by many countries in Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific. more> http://tinyurl.com/ag5ww8m
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