UK, USA refuse to sign new UN telecom treaty

December 14, 2012 12:26

The British and American governments have refused to sign a new UN telecom treaty over concerns that the clauses supported by China could lead to greater online censorship.

The British delegation called the proposals, meant to update an international telecom agreement signed in 1988, "a bad agreement that does nobody any favours and makes nobody happy".

The Americans said the draft treaty was an attempt to increase official influence online at the expense of the existing 'multi-stakeholder' model of Internet governance, whereby private firms, NGOs and other organisations have equal sway, the Telegraph newspaper reports.

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