单选题
When people talk about the digital divide, they usually mean the (1) between people who are benefiting from the information revolution, and those who through lack of (2) or money are (3) out. But at a United Nations conference in Brazil that concluded on April 19th, a different (though related) sort of divide was on (4) , and ten days' chatter by over 100 countries failed to (5) it. If there was one thing on which almost everybody agreed, it was that criminals are (6) computer technology much faster (7) most governments are learning to foil them. Rich countries say they are (8) by fraudsters, pornographers and hackers operating (9) poor places where they will never be caught—because their " (10) " governments can't or won't stop them. One response is the Budapest Convention, an agreement (11) at the Council of Europe in 2001, and ratified by the United States in 2006. One of its (12) is to let authorities in one country give (13) , at least electronically, to criminals in another. But Russia has (14) the principle of " transborder access", especially since 2000, when American agents hacked (15) the computers of two Russians who were (16) American banks. (17) , Russia is backing a UN treaty which would be respectful of borders while also giving police more powers to shut down websites (18) in "propaganda. " Many countries like that idea—but not enough to push it (19) . For now, the only (20) are the criminals.