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U.N. telecom chief ’surprised’ by U.S.-led treaty snub
By The Associated Press
This article was published December 14, 2012 at 11:20 a.m.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Envoys from nearly 90 nations signed Friday the first new U.N. telecommunications treaty since the Internet age, but the U.S. and other Western nations refused to join after claiming it endorses greater government control over cyberspace.
The head of the U.N. telecoms group pushed back against the American assertions, defending the accord as necessary to help expand online services to poorer nations and add more voices to shape the direction of modern communications technology.
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