[kictanet] The UN : A Threat to the Internet freedom??

[McTim]

Hi,

I am wondering what the offical KE position on this is going to be in
the ITU, especially in the upcoming WCIT meeting where the ITRs will
be re-negotiated.

Anyone with insider knowledge?

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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On 2/23/12, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting Piece Pierre, i agree with Roberts observation, the
> Internet has flourished under an environment of openness, cooperation
> and collaboration, it will be futile to try and establish control over
> it at this point in time, the top down approach will not work,
> nonetheless it is upon stakeholders to make as much noise and make the
> leaders aware of the implications some wrong decisions could make, i
> do recall the fact that there was a high level delegation from the ITU
> at the IGF in Nairobi, i wonder what the outcome of the meeting was
> and whether it had any relationship with the issue Robert is
> discussing.
>
> Best Regards
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Robert M. Dowell argues that top-down, international regulation is
>> antithetical to the Net, which has flourished under its current
>> governance model.
>>
>> Read on!
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577229074023195322.html?K...
>>
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