[WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future

[William Drake]

Hi,

>From the start, the English language press coverage of the WGIG process has
been almost uniformly awful and sometimes absolutely jaw-dropping.   This
stuff gets forwarded and reforwarded all the over the net and becomes memes
that impede productive dialogue.  One might have expected a little better
from the BBC, but I guess not.  The first sentence of the article is wrong
on both points, and things proceed from there.

Best,

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 5:42 PM
> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary
> Cc: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
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> A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed
> to reach a decision.
> The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance
> that range from no change to complete overhaul.
> The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference
> due to take place in November.
>
> The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as overseer
> of the net's core administrative body.
>
> [snipped]
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> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
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