Russia has in the UN organization ITU submitted a proposal that the country of control wants to obtain over the internet ‘within their boundaries’. This sends Russia to a completely different structure to the current international model, and is in danger, according to critics further overheidscensuur.
Reports that Cnet based on leaked proposals that Russia has made for the World Conference on International Communications conference held in december in Dubai will be held. During this congress, the 193 ITU members plan to revise the international telecommunications regulations treaty to discuss. This treaty was for the last time in 1988 changed, even before the internet have an important role to play, and only describes the classical telecommunication networks. Several member states want the UN body responsible for ip networks to the treaty add.
In the Russian proposal is the internet defined as a global telecom network which is under the control of each ITU-member. They are the providers and data traffic are considered within the ‘borders’ of a member state. According to the proposal, member states have the sovereign right must to the traffic you want to manage and decorate. Should countries own their own domain names need to manage and requires that each ITU-member in equal degree ip-address space. The Russian proposals will be on the ITU conference, from 3 to 14 december in Dubai is held, by the member states will be discussed.
The proposals are going to Russia in against the current structure for the management of the internet. This is the us based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers a dominant role. In addition governments are also organizations and companies control within ICANN, while in the ITU, member states only have voting rights. The United States and the EU opposed the plans for a greater role of the UN.
Russia is not alone in attempts to have more control over the internet. Also, countries like China, India and Brazil have similar proposals. The Russian plan for the ITU was filed, however, is the most far-reaching. Directors of ITU claim, however, that the organization does not intend to use internet to regulate, but critics claim that a number of member states in this way, more censorship would apply, or parts of the internet want to protect.