<div><br></div><div>[Speech, presumably, written for Hillary.]</div><br clear="all"><div><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/01/us_reject_china_russia_internet_rules/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/01/us_reject_china_russia_internet_rules/</a></div>
<div><br></div>The US has shown before that it’s reluctant to sign any sort of restrictive internet treaty and Biden, speaking at the London Conference on Cyberspace (LCC), agreed with remarks by UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and Prime Minister David Cameron that the internet needed to stay free and open and out from under heavy government control.<br>
<br>“There are some who have a different view, as you know. They seek an international legal instrument that would lead to exclusive government control over Internet resources, institutions, and content, and national barriers on the free flow of information online,” Biden said.<br>
<br>“But this, in our view, would lead to a fragmented internet, one that does not connect people but divides them, a stagnant cyberspace, not an innovative one, and ultimately a less secure cyberspace with less trust among nations.”<br>
<br>He added that existing international law principles existed in cyberspace as well as the real world, so there was no need for additional regulation, a view he summarized in one of his favourite adages – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.<br>
<br>The vice president addressed the conference over a video link from Washington, after a planned visit from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was cancelled when her mother fell ill.<div><br></div><div>-- <br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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