28 October 2013 (13:28 UTC-07 Tango)/23 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/06 Aban 1391/24 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

“New cybersecurity threats and revelations of widespread Internet surveillance are only two of emerging issues that the multi-stakeholder community must address.”-Elia Armstrong, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

China is now using the U.S. NSA spying scandal to demand the United Nations create international laws to control the internet/cyberspace.

The government of China made the comment several days after the 8th UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded.

At the four day IGF government spying through the internet was called “the elephant in the room”.