| Lawmakers move to reject proposals for U.N. Internet regulation Daily Caller The ITR is a treaty that deregulated international telecommunications, and in turn paved the way for the global Internet. It was ratified in 1988 by member states of theInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU), a little-known UN agency responsible ... See all stories on this topic » |  Daily Caller |
Wall Street Journal
The UN body, known as the International Telecommunication Union, has long set rules and rates for connecting telephone calls across borders. It is set to meet in Dubai in December to discuss a possible new treaty governing the exchange of Internet data ...
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Russia-based anti-malware firm Kaspersky Lab announced May 28 it discovered the virus during an investigation it says was prompted by the UN agency, the International Telecommunication Union. "This is the most serious [cyber] warning we have ever put ...
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| 'Father of the Internet' to testify on UN Web regulations Daily Caller The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will discuss international proposals to regulate the Internet through the United Nations'International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a little-known UN agency responsible for ... See all stories on this topic » |  Daily Caller |
The Hill (blog)
Proposals to give the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) more control over the governance of the Internet could come up at a conference in Dubai in December. The move is backed by China, Russia, Brazil, India and other UN members, ...
See all stories on this topic »House E&C Members Unite to Oppose ITU 'Net Power Play
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On the eve of a House Communications Subcommittee hearing on proposals to expand theInternational Telecommunications Union's role in Internet governance, a bipartisan group of Energy & Commerce Committee leaders has sent the signal that they are ...
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| Costa Rica Advocates Child Online Protection Inside Costa Rica Presidenta Laura Chinchilla reaffirmed her role as patron of ITU's Child Online Protection initiative while visiting International Telecommunication Union (ITU) headquarters in Geneva. Chinchilla said she would call upon Heads of State and Government ... See all stories on this topic » |  Inside Costa Rica |
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FCC commissioner Robert McDowell told Congress that there should be no doubt about the bipartisan resolve to resist effort by the International Telecommunications Union to expand its authority over Internet governance, a threat he said is real and ...
See all stories on this topic »Africa's First ICT Indaba Kicks Off in Cape Town
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The ICT Indaba is organized by the South African Government's Department of Communications and endorsed by the International Telecommunications Union. It starts from 4th to 7th June at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
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| Putting the United Nations in charge of the Internet is the best idea ever ZDNet (blog) The UN can also ensure that, under the auspices of the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU), each of these 30 organizations can do nothing more than issue resolutions subject to veto by China and Russia. 3. The UN is a highly effective, ... See all stories on this topic » |  ZDNet (blog) |