[governance] US will push for open markets, free expression at ITU meeting | ITworld

[Ivar A. M. Hartmann]

The problem is that free markets are increasingly hostile to free speech:
when companies control the online fora and are left to discriminate speech
at will we have a scenario that's arguably just as bad as an ITU-controlled
internet.
Sadly, because the prevailing notion in American law and politics is that
only the state can violate human rights, such a problem will never get the
proper framing.
Ivar

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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