by lacealex | May 3, 2012 | Commentary |
Michael Gross writes in this month’s Vanity Fair about an internet treaty conference to be held in Dubai later this year. The International Telecommunications Union, about which I’ve blogged in the past, will attempt to forge some sort of consensus...
by lacealex | Jan 11, 2012 | Commentary |
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has released a snapshot of worldwide access to telecommunications in 2011. A full third of the global population now has internet access, up from only eighteen percent five years ago. Furthermore, the developing world...
by lacealex | Jan 30, 2011 | Commentary |
Egypt has taken the dramatic step of shutting down internet and cellular phone access in an effort to stop social networking from facilitating the protest movement across the country. Much like Tunisia last week, and Iran after the 2009 election, social networking...
by lacealex | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary |
In October, the International Telecommunications Union held its Plenipotentiary Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico. The ITU, an international organization operating within the UN framework tasked with addressing telecommunications issues, used the plenipotentiary...