Approved ITU treaty amid concerns of Internet censorship

Approved ITU treaty amid concerns of Internet censorship -

The Treaty of ITU Conference Approved but end with many nations refusing to sign

After two weeks, ITU World Conference on international telecommunications is now complete and as predicted ended with the US and other countries that refuse to sign on the dotted line. According to Techdirt, the treaty has been distorted as it was promised to (a) not be on the Internet and (b) would be completed by consensus (not a majority vote.) Therefore, the United States was up to its promise that it would not support such a treaty by refusing to sign.

Bloomberg reports, "an update of agreement 24 years of United Nations telecommunications rules was approved against opposition from countries including the US and the UK, whose officials released negotiations on concerns about regulation and censorship of the Internet. "Treaty includes shares that would give countries the ability to block spam and the right to access to international telecommunications services.

After the United States, countries such as the UK, Canada, Denmark, Australia, Norway, Costa Rica, Greece, Finland and others have also refused to sign the new pact, arguing that it opens the door to censorship and government control over the Web.

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World Conference of the ITU gained because of its model of a country, one vote, ignoring the size of the population. Google among other Internet companies do not get a voice in negotiations either.

"what is clear from the ITU meeting in Dubai is that many governments want to increase regulation and censorship of the Internet," Google Inc. said in a statement. "We are with countries that refuse to sign the treaty and also with the millions of voices have joined us to support a free and open web."

the conference was held on 3 December and ends today. Head of the US delegation, Ambassador Terry Kramer said, has been the subject of delegation for the changes do not understand the language of Internet regulation. "The conference was really supposed to be focused on the telecommunications sector," said Kramer. "We believe that there was a bunch of proposals that have come from outside to divert the conference."

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