The “catastrophic issue” with Internet governance is that “some country”...
The “catastrophic issue” with Internet governance is that “some country” exercises major control over this vital area, and “improperly and misleadingly” claims that to broaden intergovernmental participation “would result in handing over the key issues to other countries,” Iran said…
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in comments on the ITU secretary general’s draft report to the World Telecommunications Policy Forum (WTPF) in May. The fundamental question is whether Internet governance is “transparent and democratic and open,” Iran said. Many governments, especially in developing countries, think the governance of the Internet is “not transparent as the relevant information is not actually clear and transparent,” it said. Internet governance “is not democratic since government has either no role or little advisory role,” it said. Internet governance is not democratic because governments are not treated on equal footing with other players, it said. “It is there under almost private or less inclusive, non-collective management,” it said. The Internet has been used for disseminating “false, untrue, misleading, inciting, provocative information, propaganda, cultural attack” adversely impacting “culture, dignity, customs, tradition, conviction belief, friendship, family life, honor of peoples in certain circumstances” in some countries while boosting political stability and peace in certain others, it said. The WTPF is not a treaty conference and does not produce prescriptive regulatory decisions. ITU members at the forum discuss and exchange views and information on emerging policy and regulatory matters, especially global and cross-sectoral issues.