Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Europe wrestles with U.S. over control of the Internet

Global technology news

The 25 countries in the European Union (EU) are putting additional pressure in the United States to turn over control of the Internet to the United Nations. The U.S. insists that the information highway must remain under its control for strategic reasons. Details:

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5 comments:

S A J Shirazi said...

I am presently writing a piece for one local publication ahead of World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (due to be held in Tunisia between November 16 and 18). Your pointer is a big help. Thanks.

Deb Sistrunk Nelson said...

Shirazi, perhaps you will share your piece with us once it is written. You display so much knowledge in the area of global technology. Thank you for telling us about the WSIS.

Deb Sistrunk Nelson said...

Reggie, perhaps CNN should hire you and Shirazi to provide live commentary from the World Summit. Stay tuned.

Unknown said...

There must be not control on Internet rather from EU nor US

Deb Sistrunk Nelson said...

Tarek Amr, I think your comment is a very interesting one. Should anyone have control of the Internet? To examine that issue, perhaps you, Shirazi and Reggie can provide team news coverage of the World Summit in Tunisia next month!