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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Nov. 23, 2007

Safety 'Net

Forum Column - By Leslie Harris and Jim Dempsey - A recent Rio de Janeiro conference on governmental control of the Internet revealed no shortage of countries anxious to restrict online freedoms.

FORUM COLUMN

By Leslie Harris and Jim Dempsey

      Last week, the Internet Governance Forum met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bringing together government, corporate and public-interest representatives from around the world to discuss the future of the Internet. Although the tone of this meeting was subdued compared to its predecessors', the controversy over continued American control of key aspects of the Internet escalated.
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