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Compilation of articles from the web on the upcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 #WCIT12
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The following Global Minds contribution responds directly to Eli Dourado’s WCIT-12 analysis ‘Behind Closed Doors at the UN’s Attempted “Takeover of the Internet” published by Ars Technica. Delete the scoop?
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In the last month of last year, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) ended in Dubai amid, not hugs and fanfare, but finger-pointing and acrimony. Delete the scoop?
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IN 2011 Google spent over €100m ($130m) on grand 19th-century digs in Paris which look a little like the Elysée Palace, the official home of the president. That...
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DUBAI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Most countries at a conference on telecommunications oversight agreed Wednesday that a United Nations agency should play an active but not dominant role in Internet governance...
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As a marathon session at the UN's World Conference on International Telecommunications concluded at about 1:30 a.m. local time in Dubai (2130 GMT), the chairman asked for a "feel of the room" and then noted that the nonbinding resolution had majority support, while denying it was a vote. Delete the scoop?
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With the asterisk debate postponed, the delegates in Dubai have arrived at the meat of the proposed treaty on international telecoms and are hitting deadlocks which make one wonder if any of them have seen the proposals before. 
Gonzalo San Gil's comment,
December 12, 2012 12:56 PM
*Sad for what it's supposed to be a Conference of Experts...
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December 12, 2012 12:59 PM
*Sad for what it's supposed to be a Conference of Experts... Delete the scoop?
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The usually rather sedate world of Internet Governance is currently being roiled by purported conspiracies towards the "take-over" of the Internet by various malevolent forces viz. the governments ... Delete the scoop?
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U.S. Ambassador Terry Kramer is the head of the United States' delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). That means he's the man debating and discussing critical Internet issues on behalf of America's more than 300 million citizens. Delete the scoop?
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The heart of the current debate is over scope and definition: whether the treaty should apply to “operating agencies” or “recognized operating agencies.” The latter refers to established telecom services providers like AT&T and MCI... Delete the scoop?
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The 11-day gathering in Dubai is also being closely watched for the possibility that new international pacts on Internet commerce and security emerge from it. The U.S. is leading efforts to block new Internet regulations, fearing they could open the door to greater monitoring and restrictions. Delete the scoop?
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Delegates at the second Plenary session of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12, 3-14 December) supported the importance of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Huma... Delete the scoop?
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Google has been a forerunner and one of the most outspoken companies in protecting the right to freedom of information and expression. That is laudable and earned the company respect around the globe. What is less admirable is the hyperbole that... Delete the scoop?
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The US calls loudly for ‘Internet freedom', but it is Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon that have built up the dotcom services used by people all over the world. Is that now about to change?
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Good piece from Dan Schiller that seeks to cut through the smog of rhetoric that characterizes the Internet Governance debates - a #mustread for anyone interested in the topic. Delete the scoop?
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Public policy formulation in all domains, including the Internet, is the sovereign right of member states, said ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Touré on Wednesday, suggesting that a debate over control of the Internet is far from over at the... Delete the scoop?
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The venerable Congress Party's 'Chintan Shivir' on January 18, 19 and 20 in Jaipur, discussed among other things, a most perplexing problem. How to fight an army of Geeks.... Delete the scoop?
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During an interview on France's BFM Business TV, CEO of France Telecom-Orange Stephane Richard, talked briefly about the network's relationship with Google.
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WCIT shows that one must always be skeptical of mainstream accounts of international negotiations, and be attuned to the weird, ironic and hypocritical nature of the process: it is the pro-Internet freedom nations that are insisting on using denial of access to internet services and infrastructure as a form of policy leverage, and the anti-human rights nations that are claiming a universal right of internet access. Delete the scoop?
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“WE HAVE not come here to fight.” The numerous statements of Kavous Arasteh, the delegate from Iran, have more than once led to widespread amusement at the World...
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The 193 member countries of the UN organisation only have two days left to come up with a new version of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR), a global treaty on telecommunications, which was last updated 24 years ago. Delete the scoop?
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The latest battle over who governs the Internet is taking place right now.
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Independent of the outcome at WCIT, it is already clear that the current governance system faces significant challenges how to ensure it will remain accepted by Internet users worldwide. WCIT is an opportunity to use the momentum to develop a long-term, positive strategy that outlines how existing institutions in the multi-stakeholder system can be scaled up or improved to represent Internet users all over the world and give ample opportunity for them to participate and make their voices heard. Delete the scoop?
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World leaders are meeting in Dubai this week for the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), and depending on whose perspective you get, the future of the entire Internet as we know it may be at stake. Delete the scoop?
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A major United Nations technology conference where States have gathered to discuss how to facilitate international information and communication services suffered a network outage –linked to criminal groups – to one of its websites on Wednesday,... Delete the scoop?
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Another contentious issue at the WCIT in Dubai is 'security'. There has been a dramatic increase in nervousness regarding a whole range of security issues, especially in relation to the internet. Delete the scoop?
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Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says the agenda of some delegates at a UN conference could pose a "disruptive threat" to the internet. Delete the scoop?
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