{"id":21671,"date":"2012-11-24T21:29:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T02:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-12-17T17:18:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:18:23","slug":"un-wants-to-put-the-internet-behind-closed-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/un-wants-to-put-the-internet-behind-closed-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Wants to Put the Internet Behind Closed Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/un-plans-internet-governance-amid-outcry-to-defund-itu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-106614 \" title=\"UN Wants to Put the Internet Behind Closed Doors\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/itu_logo-2.jpeg?resize=54%2C62&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"UN Wants to Put the Internet Behind Closed Doors\" width=\"54\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/itu_logo-2.jpeg?resize=66%2C75&amp;ssl=1 66w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/itu_logo-2.jpeg?resize=132%2C150&amp;ssl=1 132w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/itu_logo-2.jpeg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 54px) 100vw, 54px\" \/><\/a>The United Nations (UN) is calling a meeting between the world\u2019s governments starting December 7th, 2012. It could very well decide the future of the Internet through a binding international treaty.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Internet is in danger<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s called the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), and it\u2019s being organized by a government-controlled UN agency called the <a title=\"International Telecommunication Union\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XzNQarkk95Q?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If some proposals at WCIT are approved, decisions about the Internet would be made by a top-down, old-school government-centric agency behind closed doors. Some proposals allow for access to be cut off more easily, threaten privacy, legitimize monitoring, and blocking online traffic. Others seek to impose new fees for accessing content, not to mention slowing down connection speeds. If the delicate balance of the internet is upset, it could have grave consequences for businesses and human rights.<\/p>\n<h3>This must be stopped<\/h3>\n<p>Only governments get a vote at WCIT. We need people from all around the world to demand that our leaders keep the internet open.<\/p>\n<p>Log your objections to the UN and the ITU putting control of the Internet behind closed doors at <strong><a title=\"www.whatistheitu.org\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140211182701\/https:\/\/www.whatistheitu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.whatistheitu.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2012\/11\/15\/act-now-to-stop-unaccountable.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Act now to stop unaccountable, censor-friendly UN agency from hijacking control of the Internet!<\/a> (boingboing.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on <a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rb48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ralph.bach.14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbach48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s governments could decide to impose fees for Internet access block VoIP and limit the future of the Internet through the ITU WCIT &#038; the UN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[2197,1445,1305,45,1304,1364],"class_list":["post-21671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-2197","tag-censorship","tag-itu","tag-politics","tag-united-nations","tag-wcit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130400,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21671\/revisions\/130400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}