European Union has raised its voice to oppose more internet regulations, prior to the meeting of ITU at Dubai

Few days ago, European Union supported an open internet before the meeting of United Nations in order to update the regulations of telecom and internet. This happened for the first time in the 24 year history of European Union. A UN agency called The International Telecommunication Union will conduct a meeting in Dubai in the month of December to improve the treaty of Telecommunication Regulation. A number of countries and some of the private companies are seeking for the changes that the nations will see regarding the control of using internet in their countries.According to TechCrunch, the crucial thing here is to see that what else will be done other than writing down the things.

The focus of European Union will be on domain and firewall management. A battle is going on regarding the ways to manage the internet. According to European Union, internet works very well and it must stay open as it is a universal asset for everyone out there. The vice president of European Commission, Neelie Kroes said that the ITR treaty is a treaty of high level and therefore it worked.

The European Union has faced opposition from many groups which includes European Parliament, Center for Democracy and Technology, Internet Society etc.

Some countries are on the other side of this dispute and they want a stronger control over internet that is used for spreading the information. These countries are the same who raised the issue of firewall against the content of internet. China and Russia are one of them. Russia has proposed to ITU that the rights of regulating the operating agencies of internet should be given to the Member States.

Russia has recently put into operation its firewall that will block the contents that are harmful for children, but it has raised the question of press freedom since it blocks the full websites.

Both sides are trying their best to put forward their cases. It will be interesting to see that how much time does ITU takes to implement the decision after writing it down.

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