There have been active recommendations that there be an invasive approach of governments in managing the internet, in managing the content that goes via the internet, what people are looking at, what they’re saying… These fundamentally violate everything that we believe in in terms of democracy and opportunities for individuals, and we’re going to vigorously oppose any proposals of that nature.
— Terry Kramer, the United States’ ambassador to the World Conference on International Communications, explaining that the U.S. will oppose proposals to have the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) govern the Internet.
