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Internet governance debated in Brazil

By Stan Lehman
Published April 25, 2014 3:33am ET
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Internet governance debated in Brazil
People hold a banner in support of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff as she addresses the opening ceremony of NETmundial, a major conference on the future of Internet governance in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Rousseff ratified a bill guaranteeing Internet privacy and enshrining access to the Web during the conference. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) | Andre Penner

SAO PAULO (AP) — An international two-day conference in Brazil came to a close Thursday night with a call for an effective, legitimate and evolving framework for Internet governance.

During the two days of the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, or NETmundial, government officials, academics and technical experts from some 90 countries met in Sao Paulo to debate how the Internet should be run.

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