Keep Internet Free From Public and Private Meddling
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Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Should countries be encouraged to setup online tollgates that would allow them to monitor and chargefor the content of communications crossing their borders?
In the U.S., thank goodness, both political parties rejectthe idea. But some other governments -- chiefly Russia and China-- advocate expanding the authority of the InternationalTelecommunications Union, an agency of the United Nations, topush forward such an approach. A global conference of more than150 countries convened this week in Dubai to consider it.