Focus on Internet's potential more than its problems

[Commentary] Much has changed since the last global summit on the Digital Age in 2005. Back then the main focus was on the benefits of the Internet. The summit set a goal to bring 50 percent of the world online by 2015. This December, however, when heads of state meet again to consider the emerging “information society,” the focus is expected to be more on what’s wrong with the Internet and how to correct it. The global focus must remain on the openness, accessibility, and benefits of the Digital Age. Solutions to the Internet’s problems are not easy. But its promise outweighs its pitfalls, and must remain the main reason nations come together to discuss it.