Some governments sought to use the recent meeting of the International Telecommunication Union in Dubai to increase censorship and regulation of the Internet. At the conclusion of the meeting last Friday, 89 countries signed the treaty, while 55 countries said they would not sign or that additional review was needed.- excerpt from a recent Google email newsletter.
The WCIT 2012 meeting was held between 3rd and 14th December 2012 where the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) where reviewed and it is said as in the above paragraph from Google's newsletter that by signing the ITRs that there could be an increase in censorship and regulation of the Internet, meaning how and what for the Internet is used could be increasingly affected.
You can find out more and download the ITRs that 89 countries signed and 59 countries it seems did not sign.
On writing this post over 3 million people around the planet have voiced their support in a "free and open web" on the freeandopenweb site. What is your opinion?
The Google newsletter also had a link to the table of the countries who signed and did not sign the act/treaty and as it was in French and the large table was not very legible on mobiles, I translated the list into English and sorted it into alphabetical order. I hope you find it useful.
Black : signed. Grey : said they would not sign or that additional review was needed.
AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANDORRA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BHUTAN BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CANADA CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHILE CHINA COMOROS COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EGYPT EL SALVADOR ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GUATEMALA GUYANA HAITI HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAQ IRELAND ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUCIA LUXEMBOURG MALAWI MALAYSIA MALI MALTA MARSHALL ISLANDS MAURICE MEXICO MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA REPUBLIC OF CONGO REPUBLIC OF KOREA REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOMALIA SOUTH SUDAN SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TANZANIA THAILAND TOGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA VIET NAM YEMEN ZIMBABWE
Appreciation:
- Vint Cerf : Google's Chief Internet Evangelist.
