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Moving Net Control From ICANN to Governments?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-this-will-be-great dept.

a whoabot writes "The BBC has a piece by Bill Thompson suggesting that "control" of the internet should move away from corporate groups(ICANN and the Web Consortium) and to governments. We previously had an article on ICANN and the UN World Summit on the Information Society. One quote: "We allow images of consensual sex in our cinemas, but not images of bestiality or child abuse. Why should the net be any different?" My personal answer: because the internet should not be another TV or cinema, it should be a free, user-as-peer and user-controllable media; a "reversible" media, as Baudrillard would put it; not user-as-consumer."

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  1. Well as suggested by mattboston · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    by someone(I can't remember who), it should not go to the UN or EU. Last I remember the internet was created here in the USA.

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  2. Re:adam smith by tealover · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    It does hold water. The only way the US will let the UN take control is if the US doesn't exist anymore. And if we don't exist, you don't exist.

    This whole concept of a world government holds no water with American people. It never will. If people from other areas aren't content with the internet...implement your own. It's as simple as that.

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  3. Re:What a load of crap. by Karamchand · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And you think there're any less liars, cheats and control freaks in "corporate group".
    Maybe Mr Thompson is naive - but you're naive as well. :)