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On the eve of what could be a seismic shift in government, talk has been heating up about tech policy in the United States. But it's worthwhile to remember that it is the World Wide Web, and in that spirit researchers from Elon University and the Pew Internet and American Life Project canvassed the world's leading Internet activists to get an idea of what a global tech policy should look like. Pew today released the responses from the attendees of the second annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held November in Rio de Janeiro. A solid majority (66 percent) of respondents said there should be some form of global Internet bill of rights, a movement that could gather steam here in the next Congress. Only 6 percent said they disagreed with the idea. RELATED ARTICLES U.N. 'Net Plan Could Stall ICANN's ICANN Moves Toward Self-Rule U.S. Still Has Keys to ICANN U.N. Backs Off Internet Governance For more stories on this topic: The basic tenets would be freedom of information and freedom of expression, which each received a vote of approval from three-quarters of the respondents, who generally said that content restrictions weaken the Internet. The survey revealed that the top problem confronting policy makers is uneven access to the Internet, sometimes called the digital divide. The principal barrier to universal, global Internet access? Money. In response to the question about... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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