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Russian Officials Push the Balance in Internet Governance

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Breaking News, Governance, International Relations, Media & Journalism, Technology, RuNet Echo

Nezavisimaya Gazeta [1] [RUS] and CircleID blog [2] present two opposite viewpoints on the Russia's proposition to transform Internet governance process at ITU conference [3], that would allow the International Telecommunications Union [4] veto ICANN [5] decisions. While the former source considers it an effort to “de-Americanize” the Internet, the latter believes this is an attempt to bureaucratize the Web.