Is Big Brother Coming For Your Internet? Here's What An FCC Commissioner Says
(CNSNews.com) On December 4, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a Geneva-based U.N. specialized agency, will convene in Dubai to discuss its ongoing review of international telecommunications regulations (ITRs).
The Internet does not currently fall within the scope of the ITRs, but some ITU members, including Russia, India, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have long been promoting U.N. oversight of the Internet, and are expected to push for it at the Dubai conference.
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications and technology held a hearing on May 31, entitled “International Proposals to Regulate the Internet.”
“During the treaty negotiations the most lethal threat to Internet freedom may not come from a full frontal assault, but through insidious and seemingly innocuous expansions of intergovernmental powers,” McDowell told the panel.
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The Internet does not currently fall within the scope of the ITRs, but some ITU members, including Russia, India, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have long been promoting U.N. oversight of the Internet, and are expected to push for it at the Dubai conference.
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications and technology held a hearing on May 31, entitled “International Proposals to Regulate the Internet.”
“During the treaty negotiations the most lethal threat to Internet freedom may not come from a full frontal assault, but through insidious and seemingly innocuous expansions of intergovernmental powers,” McDowell told the panel.
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