Internet freedom will not be curbed or controlled, the head of the UN telecommunications body, Hamadoun Toure (R), pictured here, said as a meeting to review the 24-year-old telecom regulations kicked off Monday.<\/p>\n
Internet freedom will not be curbed or controlled, the head of the UN telecommunications body, Hamadoun Toure, said as a meeting to review the 24-year-old telecom regulations kicked off Monday.<\/p>\n
Such claims are \"completely (unfounded),\" Toure, secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union, told AFP. <\/p>\n
\"I find it a very cheap way of attacking\" the conference, he said, as the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) set off in Dubai to review regulations reached in 1988. <\/p>\n
Earlier, Toure told participants at the conference that the Internet freedom of expression will not be touched during the discussions at the meeting. <\/p>\n
\"Nothing can stop the freedom of expression in the world today, and nothing in this conference will be about it,\" he said. <\/p>\n
\"I have not mentioned anything about controlling the Internet.\" <\/p>\n
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon who addressed the forum's opening by video underscored the importance of the meeting as a venue to enhance access to information and communication technology (ICT) across the globe. <\/p>\n
\"The overall objective is to ensure universal access to the benefits of information and communication technology, including the two thirds of the world's population currently not online,\" he said. <\/p>\n
\"We must continue to work together and find a consensus on how to most effectively keep cyberspace open, accessible, affordable and secure,\" he said. <\/p>\n
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