Undermining of the Trust and Confidence of Internet

policy • Government • 11th October 2013 • Rik Myslewski
Brazil's anti-NSA prez urged to SNATCH keys to the internet from America Nations should be on equal footing with Uncle Sam, say web overseers

The nine men and one woman who guide the growth and development of internet standards and practices have delivered a stinging rebuke to the US hegemony of the transnational "series of tubes" – and have called for its management to be wrenched away from America's grip and fully internationalized.

After a meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay, the internet heavyweights issued a statement that, in part, "expressed strong concern over the undermining of the trust and confidence of Internet users globally due to recent revelations of pervasive monitoring and surveillance."

Guess what country's "pervasive monitoring and surveillance" they're referring to? Yup, the good ol' US of A and its all-seeing National Security Agency.