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Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Cyber champions’ shiny armor dented

A clash between a freedom-loving West and internet censure-seeking Russia and China has started at a high profile conference on cyberspace in London. At least that is how some view the event.

“The UK has issued a direct challenge to China and Russia over regulation of the internet, with [British Foreign Secretary] William Hague insisting that cyberspace must not be ‘stifled by government control or censorship’,” says the report by The Guardian newspaper.

It adds that, “The foreign secretary told delegates that the internet ‘must remain open and not become ghettoized’ – rebuffing the notion that new international treaties were needed to police online activity.”   More Read

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