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An inclusive information society : rhetoric or realisation?


Document type: report
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Abstract: In December 2003, over 13.000 people gathered in Geneva, Switzerland for the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. The Summit was convened by the United Nations in order to reach international agreement on pressing issues raised by the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the 21st Century: issues such as who owns the Internet and how it should be governed, how to finance affordable access by the world’s poor, combating cyber-crime and spam, promoting cultural and linguistic diversity, and the search for an acceptable balance between international security, privacy, and freedom of speech
Authors: Ferguson, J.E.
Country: Netherlands
Category: Policy
Keywords: information and communication technologies , capacity building
Language: eng
Organization: IICD - International Institute for Communication and Development
Organization: Hivos , OneWorld (Nederland)
PAGE: 4
Place: The Hague [etc.]
Publisher: IICD [etc.]
Year: 2004
Region: Europe
Right: © 2004 Hivos, IICD, and OneWorld
Subject: Information, Knowledge and Communication
Title: An inclusive information society : rhetoric or realisation?