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China calls for an end to the Internet Governance Forum

There's been a global argument going on for some time now over how the Internet should be governed. Many governments, including China but also many others, are not happy that the "root" of the Internet is controlled by the Internet... ...full story at RConversation

from RConversation on Thu, May 14 2009

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