Threats to Internet freedom will remain even after the World...
Threats to Internet freedom will remain even after the World Conference on International Telecommunications completes its work and the U.S. must continue to work with its “allies around the world to make the case for Internet freedom,” said FCC Chairman…
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Julius Genachowski Friday during a press conference after the commission’s monthly meeting. “There are major threats to Internet freedom globally and a real risk of the balkanization of the Internet globally, suppression of speech, deterrence of economic opportunities around cloud computing,” Genachowski said. “These are dangerous and the forum next week in Dubai will be one at which it’s going to be important to prevent steps that would move toward the balkanization of the Internet,” he said. “This won’t be the last international forum where these issues come up or where the threats will require a great deal of hard work. … This is going to be an issue that will be with us for a long time.”