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ICANN Troubles At UN Summit On Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the kofi-and-elmo-presiding dept.

Internet Ninja writes "The UN/ITU-organized World Summit on the Information Society currently happening in Geneva, and in attendance is Paul Twomey from ICANN, who has been ejected from a preparatory meeting, along with all other non-governmental observers. Obviously Twomey wasn't happy about that, saying: 'At ICANN, anybody can attend meetings, appeal decisions or go to ombudsmen. And here I am outside a UN meeting room where diplomats, most of whom know little about the technical aspects, are deciding in a closed forum how 750 million people should reach the Internet. I am not amused.'" We've previously reported on this meeting, which may help decide governance of the Internet, albeit in the longer-term.

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  1. Who is there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I found this interesting

    Top biggest delegates in the World Summit on the Information Society:

    1. Malaysia 137
    2. Romania 116
    3. France 108
    4. Canada 101
    5. Cuba 88
    6. Japan 85
    7. Russia 80
    8. Iran 79
    9. Nigeria 69
    10. Gabon 66

    They should just make their own internet if they want exclusive control. Ther nothing prohibiting them from doing this.