Google Says ITU Is the Wrong Place to Make Future Internet Decisions

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Google Says ITU Is the Wrong Place to Make Future Internet Decisions

By CircleID Reporter
November 22, 2012, 6:14 pm PST Views: 6,061 Add Comment

Google has launched a “Take Action” page to urge people to speak out amidst the gathering of the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) taking place next month in Dubai to update global telecom rules for the first time since 1988. Google and others have raised concern as some countries may see this as an opportunity to set up new rules for the internet.

On its take action page, Google is urging people to add their voice in support of the “free and open Internet”. The page also provides various statements such as: “Only governments have a voice at the ITU. This includes governments that do not support a free and open Internet. Engineers, companies, and people that build and use the web have no vote. The ITU is also secretive. The treaty conference and proposals are confidential.”

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