UN Official Says UN Not Taking Over Internet

kaufmanmoore writes "Hamadoun Toure, the new head of the UN's International Telecommunications Union says that he does not plan to take over governance of the internet and leave it up to groups like ICANN. In his statement he says that the ITU will instead focus on bridging the digital divide, internet security and standardize broadband communications. When asked about Chinese censorship Toure said that issue is beyond the mandate of the ITU."

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[mastershake_phd]

I for one welcome our new ICANN overlords.

Re:Like they could

[Dunbal]

There's so many con-artists, thieves and rapists in there

      They're called politicians.

Go ahead and try it, UN

[j00r0m4nc3r]

They can have my tubes when they pry them from my cold dead hands.

how kind of the UN

[callmetheraven]

Gee, that's magnanimous of the nice guys at the UN, not to take over something that was invented by the US military using US tax dollars, that they do not own, and that they have no authority to take over. How sweet and thoughtful of those kind corrupted windbags.

But wouldn't it be neat if they DID take over the internet? Iran could head the committee that censors all web content (with Saudia Arabia, Sudan, and China making up the rest of the panel), and Nigeria could handle internet security!