Google Enters Debate On Un Internet Control

Agence France-Presse, The Raw Story
Thu, 11/22/2012 - 3:24am

Google has jumped into the debate over a UN telecom gathering set to review regulations affecting the Internet, claiming it is “the wrong place” to make decisions about the future of the Web. In a posting on its “take action” blog this week, Google said the December gathering of the UN’s International Telecommunications Union comes amid “a growing backlash on Internet freedom.” The ITU’s World Conference on International Communications opening next month in Dubai will [...]

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