UN's ITU should be dismantled, former White House official says - Techworld.com http://news.techworld.com/security/3414053/uns-itu-should-be-dismantled-former-white-house-official-says/ ....." The US government should push for the United Nations'
International Telecommunication Union to be dismantled
in addition to playing defense against proposals for
restrictive Internet regulations at an upcoming telecom
conference, a former White House official said.
The ITU has outlived its purpose of coordinating
international telecom regulations as the world's
communications networks move to Internet Protocol, said
Andrew McLaughlin, an entrepreneur-in-residence at
startup funding firm Betaworks and former deputy CTO in
US President Barack Obama's administration. The ITU is
set up to advocate for government intervention into
communications networks, at the expense of users, and
the organization lacks transparency, McLaughlin said
Thursday at a Future Tense discussion of Internet
governance ."....
International Telecommunication Union to be dismantled
in addition to playing defense against proposals for
restrictive Internet regulations at an upcoming telecom
conference, a former White House official said.
The ITU has outlived its purpose of coordinating
international telecom regulations as the world's
communications networks move to Internet Protocol, said
Andrew McLaughlin, an entrepreneur-in-residence at
startup funding firm Betaworks and former deputy CTO in
US President Barack Obama's administration. The ITU is
set up to advocate for government intervention into
communications networks, at the expense of users, and
the organization lacks transparency, McLaughlin said
Thursday at a Future Tense discussion of Internet
governance ."....
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