Bloggers ready for battle over Net control
Bloggers are keying up for a showdown over Internet control, which is expected to dominate the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia. The three-day summit, beginning Wednesday, was initially organized to brainstorm ways to bridge the digital divide between developing countries. However, it's evolved this year into a debate about Net governance. The United States has stated repeatedly that it does not want or plan to give up its unique influence over domain names. Large American technology companies, including Microsoft, Google, IBM and Cisco, have thrown support behind the government's position. What better place to sample opinions on the matter than the Internet itself? "An unforgivable crime would happen if any world power would come to control the Internet. This tool is already a world heritage. It does not have an owner...Digital analphabetism has to be fought in order to prevent the growth and consolidation of new social exclusions. Therefore, we should assure a wide participation in the use of this tool. The task is to democratize it!"
--Ciberamerica
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