11-14-2005, 12:23 PM
Quote:The World Summit on the Information Society starts this Wednesday in Tunis. It will be three days in which the world's governments will decide for the very first time what should and can be done with this medium we call the Internet.
But three days before that, starting midday Sunday 12 November, will begin the discussions on what is the most controversial aspect of this entire process - internet governance.
full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/14/...ance_wsis/
Quote:The most controversial aspect of this whole world summit hasn't been the ensuing fight of who should run the internet but where it is being hosted: Tunisia.
Stories about the clampdown on freedom of speech by the government in Tunisia have been the main focus of most stories up to now. It is nowhere near as bad as, say, China but many countries have questioned why a summit about the Information Society (essentially, the Internet) should be based somewhere that denies the most inspiring and revolutionary aspect of this new medium - ready access to enormous, global amounts of information.
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The criticism has been heavy and sustained...
full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/14/wsis_blog_two/
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