UN Agency Seeks To Quell Fears Over Its Plans For The Internet -- FOX NewsA gathering of United Nations diplomats overseas has some in the U.S. worried about a potential takeover of the Internet by foreign powers – with others claiming such fears are wildly overhyped.
The obscure branch of the U.N. at issue is the International Telecommunication Union, whose 193 member states include the U.S. and which was convening this week in Geneva. The ostensible purpose of the conference is to seek consensus for an updating of the last set of international telecom regulations, known as ITRs, which were issued in 1988.
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My Comment: Greater government control (in this case United Nations control) over communications .... just what the world does not need.
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