I don't understand how the Brazilian Foreign Minister can support Russia's claims for the UN to control the Internet.<div><br></div><div>Really?!?!!?!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Lauren Weinstein</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lauren@vortex.com">lauren@vortex.com</a>></span><br>Date: 15 July 2013 02:24<br>Subject: [ NNSquad ] Russia using Snowden as excuse to demand UN takeover of Internet control<br>
To: <a href="mailto:nnsquad@nnsquad.org">nnsquad@nnsquad.org</a><br><br><br><br>
Russia using Snowden as excuse to demand UN takeover of Internet control<br>
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<a href="http://j.mp/12BUdi7" target="_blank">http://j.mp/12BUdi7</a> (New York Times)<br>
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"Many independent advocates for Internet freedom have for years,<br>
however, characterized the Russian policy proposals as deeply<br>
worrying, for their potential to hamper free communication across<br>
borders and expose political dissidents inside authoritarian states to<br>
persecution. Even before Mr. Snowden arrived in the transit zone of<br>
Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia had been pressing for such<br>
controls. Its proposals had found some support among other governments<br>
that wanted greater access to social networking and e-mail data, but<br>
which did not ban such services outright, as China does. In this<br>
light, Mr. Snowden's arrival here and his decision to extend his stay,<br>
announced on Friday, seemed to have aided their cause. Brazil's<br>
foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, for example, a week ago endorsed<br>
the Russian proposal to transfer some control over Internet technical<br>
standards to the United Nations telecommunications agency."<br>
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Worst Internet idea ever.<br>
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--Lauren--<br>
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