Updated 12:22 p.m. EST, Monday, December 10
The U.S. delegation to a U.N. telecommunications conference taking place in Dubai this week, that seeks to answer the question of whether international governments should be given more regulatory power over the Internet, has threatened to walk out due to hit an “impasse,” U.K.’s The Telegraph reported Monday. According to the The Telegraph, the conflict centers around proposals to expand Internet regulation backed by Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and others, which have bogged down talks at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12), which began December 3 and runs through Friday.
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