Internet Freedom Won't Be Controlled, Says UN Telcom Chief

wiredmikey writes "The head of the UN telecommunications body, Hamadoun Toure, told an audience at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) in Dubai on Monday that Internet freedom will not be curbed or controlled. 'Nothing can stop the freedom of expression in the world today, and nothing in this conference will be about it,' he said. Such claims are 'completely (unfounded),' Toure, secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union, told AFP. 'We must continue to work together and find a consensus on how to most effectively keep cyberspace open, accessible, affordable and secure,' UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said. Google has been vocal in warning of serious repercussions, saying that 'Some proposals could permit governments to censor legitimate speech — or even cut off Internet access,' noted Google's Vint Cerf in a blog post."

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Reading between the lines

[Anonymous Coward]

Google has been vocal in warning of serious repercussions

...such as the inability to lobby congressmen for favourable treatment.

It's already controlled like fucking hell.

[Anonymous Coward]

By terrorists and corrupt assholes:
The Internet cancer.
The rotten and corrupt Domain Name System.

Re:Really?

[bug1]

why the people who are most vocally calling for the ITU to take active control over governance of the Internet are representatives of the governments with the strongest history of actively suppressing freedoms

why the people who are most vocally calling for the ITU to not take active control over governance of the internet are representatives (or fanbois) of the US government which has the strongest history of international domain name seizures, and RL invasions and seizures of foreign property.