President Clinton: Bridge global digital divide

To keep the Internet “forever young,” decision makers should keep in mind that the world is divided between rich and poor nations with vastly different needs, former President Bill Clinton told a packed crowd as the keynote speaker at the meeting of the organization that oversees the Internet’s naming system. “Every time you have to face a question about the future of the Internet, what applications will this have in poor countries and rich countries, ask yourself that,” said Clinton. Clinton made the remarks at the annual meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. In a far-ranging speech, he touched on Haiti, the financial crisis, job loss, basketball, the human genome and Egypt and Libya. “Are we forming a more perfect union across the world?” he asked.