On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 05:20:10PM +0100, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote a message of 32 lines which said: > So far, fortunately, the Internet Governance Forum Hold on, the Internet Governance Caucus I was talking about (a civil society loosely connected group) is not the Internet Governance Forum (an intergovernmental body). > The danger is always there that they will persuade government reps > in the ITU or other UN bodies to take action that will damage the > Internet. The main danger to the Internet comes from existing governments (and not only the repressive regimes), not from the UN or the ITU or an hypothetical UN-inspired organization <http://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/05/24/threat-analysis-of-itus-wcit-part-1-historical-context/>.