[governance] India Proposes Government Controlled Internet

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 28/10/11 13:17, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
> This is from Kieren MacCarthy's article:

Better to go to the source, for more details and less hyperbole - such
as the fact that India is requesting a working group of the CSTD to draw
up the detailed terms of the proposed new body.  If Brazil and South
Africa do come on board, then this is exactly what we have been waiting
to respond to in depth.  Rather than simply issuing shrill cries about
"the UN taking over the Internet", and whether we ultimately decide to
oppose this proposal outright or to engage with and improve it, we will
need to contribute constructively through this (hopefully
multi-stakeholder) CSTD working group, always bearing in mind that the
alternative is the status quo.

See http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gaef3319.doc.htm.

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