 After the ITU voted 89-55 to include aspects of the Internet under ITU control in December 2012, McDowell strongly criticized the vote as well as the efforts by proponents of Net freedom to work against the Net regulation efforts.He stated, "The United States should immediately prepare for an even more treacherous ITU treaty negotiation that will take place in 2014 in Korea.Those talks could expand the ITU's reach even further.