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US, industry giants differ with UN over
Internet control
Friday December 07, 2012 10:43:47 PM,
Agencies
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Dubai:
At a conference in Dubai this week, Members of the United Nation’s
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) agreed to work
towards implementing a standard for the Internet that would allow
for eavesdropping on a worldwide scale. However, the proposal is
strongly opposed by the United States and the industry giants.
The ITU members decided to adopt the Y.2770 standard for deep
packet inspection, a top-secret proposal by way of China that will
allow telecom companies across the world to more easily dig
through Web data, according to a report from Russia Today.
The gathering which opened this week in Dubai of the U.N.’s
International Telecommunications Union has triggered fierce
objections from Washington, and from Internet freedom activists
who fear new rules that could end the freewheeling system of the
Internet.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Wednesday
to oppose any efforts to give the United Nations new authority to
regulate the Internet.
The 397-0 vote, following a similar vote in the Senate, came as
delegates were meeting in Dubai to revise a global telecom treaty,
a gathering which some say could be used to impose new controls on
the Internet.
Representative Greg Walden said ahead of the vote that lawmakers
should “send a strong bipartisan, bicameral signal about America’s
commitment to an unregulated Internet.”
He said Washington should not “stand idly by while countries like
Russia and China seek to extort control over the Internet.”
The gathering in Dubai has brought together over 1,950 delegates
from around the world to work on revising a treaty known as the
International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs). They have been
in effect since 1988 and offer guidelines related to international
routing and charges between global carriers, as well as the
overall Internet traffic between international network operators.
The Russians, for example, have proposed giving the ITU control
over the Internet rather than multi-stakeholder companies like the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
"We fundamentally disagree with that," U.S. Ambassador Terry
Kramer said during a Thursday call with reporters. Governments are
not likely to make objective decisions about the Web, he said. The
current structure allows for those with tech expertise to make
"independent, agile decisions."
When asked if the U.S. had discussed the proposal with the
Russians, Kramer said that "we've looked at the proposal, but are
not keen to get into a discussion about that proposal because we
think it's out of scope for the conference."
But ITU chief Hamadoun Toure, who kicked off the World Conference
on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) on Monday, said
Internet freedom of expression will not be touched during the
discussions at the meeting.
Among the critics, Google has been vocal in warning of serious
repercussions on the Internet if proposals made by member states
are approved at the WCIT-12 meeting, including permitting
censorship over legitimate content.
Google and others also say some proposals would impose a “sender
pay” system for the Web, which could lead to Web firms being
forced to pay huge amounts to deliver their services globally.
The resolution approved by lawmakers expressed “the sense of
Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the
multi-stakeholder governance model under which the Internet has
thrived.”
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