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Brazil will promote international conference on Internet governance Plateau

November 20, 2013  |  AfICTA Admin

Brazil will promote international conference on Internet governance Plateau

President Dilma Rousseff has determined actions at International level, including a multisectoral meeting 


The Brazilian government will promote the country until the end of the first half of 2014, an international conference to discuss global governance of the internet. For event ministerial-level officials are being invited from all countries, and representatives of business and civil entities linked to the theme. The announcement about the beginning of the preparation of the meeting was held this morning at the Ministry of Science and Technology, the holder Marco Antonio Raupp, accompanied by the ministers Paul Bernardo (Communications) and Luiz Alberto Figueiredo (Foreign).

The idea is to discuss Plateau resolutions that may be incorporated by the United Nations (UN), focusing on combating cyber crime and violation of rights of citizens, businesses and governments in the global network of computers. "President Dilma Rousseff determined actions at international level, including a multi-sectoral meeting to seek the protection of the rights on the Internet," said Chancellor Figueiredo.Recent episodes involving espionage of the U.S. government against President Dilma Rousseff, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobao, and Petrobras, repeated in other parts of the world such as Germany and France, gave impetus to the country's decision to continue propose global regulation on the internet. The U.S. government was invited to attend the meeting, which should take place between April and May. Read more news in Politics "We will not be quixotic to propose the end of the spy network, which is part of the routine monitoring of national defense and control crimes such as drug trafficking and terrorism. But we can not accept that one country (USA) feel free to invade any citizen automatically.'s something that started with the argument to counter terrorist actions, but eventually advancing without rules and control and turned something for yourself, "said Bernardo. According to the minister, read e-mails from the head of the German government, Angela Merkel or President Dilma, or Petrobras "has nothing to do with terrorism." It is, he adds, is an abuse that states "industrial espionage" and other interests for commercial advantage. He admitted that the design of a Civil Framework Internet under discussion in the House, can serve as inspiration for a global regulatory network. As the processing of the text, Bernardo said that "the ball is with the deputies and then with the senators. government can negotiate the terms, but is keen to defend net neutrality and data storage in data centers in the country. "A giant of the internet can not refuse to provide data to court claiming they are filed in another country, much less because it depends on the will of its engineers to create an algorithm for this. This has more pertinence, turned mockery, "he protested.

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