UN to regulate the internet.

[Kur]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6087174.stm

The future of the net is the ambitious topic under discussion at the first global Internet Governance Forum, being held in Athens over the next five days.

It has been set up by the UN to give governments, companies, organisations and individuals space for debate.

Nitin Desai, chair of the organising body for IGF, has said the forum needed "dialogue in good faith".

He warned that the biggest challenge in making the IGF successful was a "potential culture clash".

In a column for the BBC News website, Mr Desai said: "The forum will give voice to the citizens of the global net and help identify emerging issues which need to be tackled in the formal processes."

The forum is not a decision-making body but instead is designed to give stakeholders in the internet a chance to form consensus around key areas.

More than 1,500 delegates from the around the world will be attending the meeting.

The four key agendas for the conference are security, diversity, openness and access.

Emily Taylor, the legal director of Nominet, the UK body in charge of the .uk domain name, said the forum was important to internet users because it would be tackling issues that matter to them.

'Issues'

"Issues around spam, cybersecurity, openness, what are the blocks to freedom of speech? - they speak to all internet users directly."

"People have got experience of viruses. They might be aware that internationally there are different approaches to freedom of speech - not just the obvious examples of regimes cracking down on content.

"Within Europe there are issues around dealing with content that is perhaps not illegal but distasteful to some countries and not to others.

"These are issues that matter."

The IGF was borne out of the World Summit on the Information Society meetings, the last of which was held in Tunis.

 

[UncleWai]

UN can regulate deez nuts

 

[intogamer]

the world is going out of control?

but which control?

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
UN can regulate deez nuts

what nutz? 😀

 

[us3rnotfound]

not going to happen

 

[wazzledoozle]

The UN will pass some mandates but they wont actually do anything to enforce them. Same old same old.

 

[wetcat007]

how about we don't regulate it at all, that's good with me 🙂

 

[sandorski]

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