Tag: United Nations

Does Free Speech Matter When The Internet Itself Is In Danger Of Breaking?
The ITU conference has one more day to go before it winds down on December 14. Until then, a proposal that would lead to governmental regulation of the Internet could be put forwar...
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U.S. And Allies Refuse To Sign Internet Treaty, ITU Conference Likely A Bust
We brought you word that the ITU talks in Dubai had become noticeably more worrisome in its two final days. The convention of delegates...
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Majority Of Nations Cast A Non-Binding Vote In Favor Of Expanded Internet Control
The past two weeks must have been stressful for the US delegates at the ITU conference in Dubai. They, alongside their EU allies, had to convince delegates from every other nation...
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The US Isn’t Ready To Give Up On ITU Talks Just Yet
As the ITU talks continue this week, one of...
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Open Internet Scores A Win At ITU, China And Russia Withdraw Bids For Internet Control
The world has been watching and waiting for the past week as nations from around the world are meeting in Dubai to discuss the future of the ITU. The conference could have signific...
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House Unanimously Opposes UN Takeover Of The Internet
Politics are messy. It's hard to get any two parties to agree on something, and it's still full of vitriol and mudslinging when they do. That's why it's so refreshing to see lawmak...
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Over 1 Million People Are Protesting The ITU With Google
In just a few hours, delegates from around the world will be meeting in Dubai to...
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The Fate Of The Free Internet Goes Up For Vote In December
The fate of the free Internet will be decided at a private meeting in Dubai on...
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Google Wants You To Protect Internet Freedom
Earlier this year, Google and other Internet companies mobilized people to take down SOPA and PIPA. It worked pretty well back then, and now Google is back at it again targeting th...
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United Nations Changes Its Mind, Now Favors Internet Freedom
The United Nations has been in a funny place for a while now in regards to the Internet. By funny, of course, I mean terrifying. There has been talk of the UN pushing for the Inter...
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The U.N.’s War on the Internet: Could the Web Lose?
A lot of speculation has been floating around about a proposal from the United Nations that could...
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U.N. Considering Global Internet Tax for U.S.-Based Websites
Should some of the largest online content providers have to pay up in order to continue to reach the global market? The United Nations thinks so, according to some...
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Vint Cerf Fears Internet Regulation from the UN
Google's Chief Internet Evangelist and one of the "fathers of the internet," Vint Cerf, s...
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United Nations’ Proposal To Regulate Internet Going Before House This Week
It seems that everybody wants a hand in the massive cookie jar known as the Internet. The latest group that wants some form of control over the Internet is the United Nations. I do...
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Google Celebrates World Press Freedom Day
Google announced today that it would be sponsoring a United Nations celebration of World Press Freedom Day. The United Nations designates May 3 as World Press Freedom Day, a day w...
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