(2005-09-28) Wsis Prep Talks

Prep talks are already underway for the WSIS meeting in November. Several nations with tightly controlled media, such as China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, plus a number of industrialized countries including Switzer Land and Russia, would like to see the U.S. relinquish its control of the Internet... "This situation is very undemocratic, unfair and unreasonable," said Sha Zukang, the ambassador from China - which recently imposed new rules that allow only "healthy and civilized" news to be read by the nation's Internet users... An independent group exploring the Internet's future recently suggested that a U.N. body might be established to oversee the Web.

Update: oy, it looks like the EU is not helping.