UN Official Says UN Not Taking Over Internet

kaufmanmoore writes "Hamadoun Toure, the new head of the UN's International Telecommunications Union says that he does not plan to take over governance of the internet and leave it up to groups like ICANN. In his statement he says that the ITU will instead focus on bridging the digital divide, internet security and standardize broadband communications. When asked about Chinese censorship Toure said that issue is beyond the mandate of the ITU."

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As for the Chinese...

[Mopar93]

When asked about Chinese censorship Toure said that issue is beyond the mandate of the ITU

China should be disconnected from the rest of the world and have it's own Internet. No more spammers and hackers operating out of China.

But then, where would it stop? Separate Korea and Russia too?

If the UN wants to help out, they should get their brains together and come up with an international plan to require these countries to put a stop to spammers and hackers.

Can you tell I hate spammers?

-Maurice