UNInvolved in the Internet

This past week, the UN met to discuss a potential treaty. This treaty would give the governments and the International Telecom Union more control over the internet. However, as explained in this article, the treaty failed to be signed by numerous governments. The  US refused, saying that "The internet has given the world unimaginable economic and social benefit during these past 24 years. All without UN regulation." The US delegates argued that the UN intervention was unnecessary. Governmental control of the Internet would also be harmful. The internet, as it stands now, is free and uncontrolled by any authority. Laws still apply to those who use the internet, but other aspects, such as speech are unabated. Handing over this freedom to the government would  go against the very freedom the US is built upon. 

On top of this, most of these meetings were held "behind closed doors." This means that the meetings were closed off to the public or anyone else who would have anything to say about the treaty. This undemocratic way of going about the treaty seems to  indicate that the UN would try to regulate the Internet in a similar fashion.

What are your thoughts? Do you think that the government should have any control over the Internet? Is there any way for governments to regulate the Internet without overstepping their bounds? Post your thoughts in the comments.