August 16, 2012
A coalition of tech trade associations is calling on Republicans and Democrats to include language in their policy platforms that would oppose efforts to give a United Nations agency more control over the Internet.
The eight trade groups — including the Information Technology Industry Council and Telecommunications Industry Association — warn that foreign governments plan to submit proposals to expand the U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) authority over the Internet at an upcoming conference in December. Those proposals are reportedly backed by China, India, Russia and other U.N. members.
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