Canada backs American over Russian candidate on UN body overseeing the internet’s future

The two candidates offer starkly different visions of the future of the internet. Bucking tradition on secret ballot votes, Canada has announced its vote for the International Telecommunication Union secretary-general election is already decided.

Rashid Ismailov, left, pictured in 2017, will likely pursue a policy of more centralized, top down and state-controlled internet governance; Doreen Bogdan-Martin, right, pictured in 2016, will continue the policy of multi-stakeholder, decentralized internet: experts. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY DENNIS KOVTUN

June 16, 2022

Canada says it plans to back an American candidate over a Russian hopeful to head the International Telecommunications Union in the September election deciding who will oversee the obscure, but crucial United Nations body. Two candidates are running for the position of secretary-general, with very ...

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