What will it matter if the United States cedes its role to the “international community,” which includes Russia, China, and the U.N.? Here’s Mr. Crovitz again: In the past few years, Russia and China have used a U.N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union to challenge the open Internet. They have lobbied for the ITU to replace Washington as the Icann overseer. They want the ITU to outlaw anonymity on the Web (to make identifying dissidents easier) and to add a fee charged to providers when people gain access to the Web internationally—in effect, a tax on U.S.-based sites such as Google and Facebook. The unspoken aim is to discourage global Internet companies from giving everyone equal access.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:58:46 +0000
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