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  • Globalizing Internet Brings Unexpected Problems

    12/11/2003 6:52:52 PM PST · by Pharmboy · 9 replies · 160+ views
    Reuters to My Yahoo! ^ | Thu Dec 11, 2003 | Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent
    GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations (news - web sites)' push to transform the developing world into tech-ready nations could partly backfire, delegates to an IT summit aimed at bridging the "digital divide" said on Thursday. Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade addresses a plenary session of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva December 11, 2003. The United Nations (news - web sites)' push to transform the developing world into tech-ready nations could partly backfire, delegates to the summit aimed at bridging the 'digital divide' said. (Dominique Favre/ARC via Reuters) The overwhelming consensus at the U.N.-sponsored World Summit...