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ACTA - Ley Lleras

Toronto - Internet groups fear UN could threaten cyberspace - CTV News. Officials from 18 countries held an impromptu, late-night meeting earlier this month at the United Nations office in Geneva, and made a decision that rattled Internet technocrats around the world.

Toronto - Internet groups fear UN could threaten cyberspace - CTV News

Autocratic governments like China and Iran attended the meeting, as did several democratic ones. Despite protests by Portugal and the United States, they voted to staff a working group on the future of the Internet Governance Forum -- an important theatre of discussion on matters of cyberspace -- by governments alone. Net neutrality is 'big issue', says Internet Society chief. The internet should remain "open and healthy" for the sake of emerging businesses and information distribution, Jon McNerney, chief operating officer at the Internet Society, told the Guardian today. McNerney's warning about the importance net neutrality follows the "internet treaty" proposal presented at the Internet Governance Forum earlier this month which, if enacted, would enshrine the principle that all internet traffic is treated equally into law.

"The big issue, we think, is keeping the internet open and healthy," McNerney said. "Net neutrality is one of the pieces of the issue, but there are multiple regulatory factors and impacts. Net Neutrality.