The UN agrees to keep the internet open and free

for at least the next 10 years, the internet should remain open and free.
In a review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005, more than 190 countries came together to decide that the internet should remain in the hands of the private sector and not be regulated by international governments.


Constance Bommelaer, senior director of global internet policy at the Internet Society (ISOC), involved in the UN debate, explained “as the internet has come to affect all the layers of our life, we must decide, how do we build an informational society, and what are the founding principles we want to organize this society on?”  The four main areas decided on in the meeting were internet accessibility, human rights and free speech, internet governance, and internet security.
“We know that if you want to have benefits to come out of the internet we need to keep it as a global space, and we should avoid any development that would fragment it,” said Bommelaer, noting that waves of fear sometimes cause governments to lash out and attempt to stifle internet freedom.
She expects proposals of censorship to appear in the future but maintains that “we need the global internet community to stay alert and remain mobilized."  Freedom doesn't happen on accident