Activists want net neutrality, NSA spying debated at Internet governance conference

A campaign on the Internet is objecting to the exclusion of issues like network neutrality, the cyberweapons arms race and surveillance by the US National Security Agency from the discussion paper of an Internet governance conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A significant section of the participants are also looking for concrete measures and decisions at the conference rather than yet another statement of principles. The proposed text “lacks any strength,” does not mention NSA’s mass surveillance or the active participation of Internet companies, and fails to propose any concrete action, according to the campaign called Our Net Mundial.