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UN not after Internet ‘kill switch’ or any disruptive regulations: official

The head of the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said Monday that despite all the rumors about a so-called “kill switch” or takeover of the Internet are simply unfounded. The ITU convened Monday in Dubai to begin discussing proposals for global Internet regulations submitted by 123 member states, including…

Rep. Issa proposes two-year moratorium on Internet regulations

In the wake of the controversial Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA), Republican Rep. Darrel Issa of California has asked the Internet community Reddit for feedback on a bill to prohibit new Internet regulations for two years. A draft of the bill, called the Internet American Moratorium Act (IAMA), would “create…