"Disagreements over control of the internet had threatened to overshadow the summit, with countries such as China and Iran pushing for an international body under UN auspices to oversee the net. The US had stood firm against this, arguing that it would stifle technological advance and increase censorship of the internet by undemocratic regimes."
Or is it simply a matter of not wanting to relinquish ultimate control of the international Internet?
Nor will the USA relinquish it until it is plain that USA interests are better served by doing so.
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"Disagreements over control of the internet had threatened to overshadow the summit, with countries such as China and Iran pushing for an international body under UN auspices to oversee the net. The US had stood firm against this, arguing that it would stifle technological advance and increase censorship of the internet by undemocratic regimes."
Or is it simply a matter of not wanting to relinquish ultimate control of the international Internet?
Nor will the USA relinquish it until it is plain that USA interests are better served by doing so.
Are they?
ja?