U.N. control of Web rejected

U.N. control of Web rejected - The Washington Times

GENEVA — The United States, backed by the European Union, Japan and Canada, has turned back a bid by developing nations to place the Internet under the control of the United Nations or its member governments.

But governments, the private sector and others will be asked to establish a mechanism under U.N. auspices to study the governance of the Internet and make recommendations by 2005.

We dodged the bullet this time. Hey U.N. butt out! If you want to see what the U.N. does to things see my post on how well (cough, cough) they dealt with SARS.