The World Conference on International Telecommunications will be running from Monday 14th December for twelve days in the city United Arab Emirates Dubai and is expected to be controversial in nature in that it could lead to censorship of the Internet and block access to it in certain countries.
Conference, known as the WCIT, will be attended by representatives of 10 countries, their agenda to discuss the regulations were first established in 1988 and vote on new proposals that have been submitted in confidence, but have led many to believe that they will hinder the freedom of accessing the internet.
According to the UN agency, the International Telecommunication Union, the organization sponsoring the meeting, the regulations are being revised during the meeting are designed to ensure that connectivity and operability between the nations of the world are maintained and that all nations accept the regulations. Vint Cerf, an Internet pioneer and now chief Internet evangelist and a vice president for Google, however, was concerned about the process. He and others feel the global regulation of the Internet can not be the domain of the United Nations and that by sponsoring this conference, it is trying to increase its authority in an area that is not appropriate.
M .. Cerf noted that some of the proposals could censor legitimate speech and go as far as to cut off Internet access in various countries and allow governments to do so. In response and the response to these proposals at the meeting, there were over a thousand groups representing 0 countries that have created a document so that freedom on the Internet can be maintained.
This includes more than 300 groups across Canada representing schools, universities, yoga studios, unions, high radio stations and Internet groups open as OpenMedia .it. Google has also created a website to host an online petition, and social media was also used when Mr. Cerf published a blog post in which over 1.7 million people have added their names.
M. Cerf stressed that some of the proposals it is supposed to be voted at the conference include the ability for governments to block access to Internet, censoring legitimate speech and impose tolls that cross borders so access to applications such as Skype, Facebook and YouTube would be made very difficult. He added, however, that it is not opposed to the International Telecommunication Union because it has contributed to the management in the world of wired telephone and wireless networks and the management of the radio spectrum that was important for investments in the countries of the third world. His opposition is based with his feeling that the agency, and the WCIT conference are not appropriate means to make decisions on the future of the Internet. These avenues are for the governments of the countries and allow these stakeholders that Internet companies, engineers and staff in technology, which are those that build and use the Internet.
Some others, such as the International Trade Union Confederation, fear that the conference will take away authority from ICANN (ICANN), which was responsible for the governance the Internet and is a nonprofit organization created by the US Department of Commerce's, which was responsible for regulating top level domains.
Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of ITU, responded to criticism of the conference by saying that the objective of the Conference is not to control the Internet or restrict freedom of expression or speech, but to ensure that global connectivity is achieved, and Internet technology is made more affordable for many in the world.
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