Friday, December 17, 2010

UN wants to regulate the internet ...

How's this for doublespeak:

The resolution invited the UN Secretary-General "to convene open and inclusive consultations involving all Member States and all other stakeholders with a view to assisting the process towards enhanced cooperation in order to enable Governments on an equal footing to carry out their roles and responsibilities in respect of international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet but not of the day-to-day technical and operational matters that do not impact upon those issues."

India, South Africa, China and Saudi Arabia appeared to favor a new possible over-arching inter-government body.

Article here

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