Internet industry seen as winner at global conference in Brazil

POSITIVE OUTLOOK: Big Internet companies were the clear winners at a global conference hosted by Brazil on the future management of the Web where most participants agreed it should remain a self-regulated space free of government intervention. — Reuters

SAO PAULO: Big Internet companies were the clear winners at a global conference hosted by Brazil on the future management of the Web where most participants agreed it should remain a self-regulated space free of government intervention. 

Convened by President Dilma Rousseff after revelations of US surveillance undermined trust in the Internet, the NETmundial conference concluded that governments, companies, academics, technicians and users should all have a say in where to go next.