With Edward J. Snowden’s theft and redistribution of reams of classified data starkly highlighting the Internet’s ubiquity and its potential for widespread surveillance, the new year is likely to see renewed calls to change the way the Internet is governed.In particular, governments that do not favor the free flow of information, especially if it is through a system designed by Americans, would like to see the Internet regulated in a way that would “Balkanize” it by preventing access to certain websites, John Markoff reports.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/daily-report-considering-the-future-of-internet-governance/