The NSA’s Prism leak could fundamentally change or break the entire internet. This leak is a colossal embarrassment for the United States. Every time the UN-backed ITU has raised the issue of a more global approach to internet governance, the United States has fired back with both barrels and a tactical nuke. Last December, the House of Representatives passed S. Con Res 50 by a vote of 397-0. The opening paragraph of that resolution declared it vital that the internet “remain stable, secure, and free from government control” and stated that the structure of internet governance “has profound implications for competition and trade, democratization, free expression, and access to information.”

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