UN Wants To Regulate Internet

LegendOfLink writes "News.com has good interview with the UN's ITU Director, Houlin Zhao, and his desire to regulate the internet. He says "One of the most important changes was the early stages, when the Internet started, when ICANN started in 1998. The purpose was to exclude governments (but that didn't work). People realize today that the governments worldwide have to play a role. People say the Internet flourished because of the absence of government control. I do not agree with this view. I argue that in any country, if the government opposed Internet service, how do you get Internet service? If there are any Internet governance structure changes in the future, I think government rules will be more important and more respected." "

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HOLY CHRIST

[hyfe]

Generic reply to what I've read in this thread so far

1. I don't ****ing care if you think the UN is run by imcompetent fools! How about, in the future, you americans get the first 10 posts to complain about the UN, moderate them up, and the rest of can actually try writing something in the thread without being bogged millions of you sprouting bollocks?

2. References to Darfur, Rwanda and other places I have neither heard of nor can spell are not welcome at all. We all know there are problems in the world the UN are unable to solve. BIG ****ING SURPRISE!

3. References to Oil for Food are not welcome at all either. Guess who imposed the ridicules sanctions in the first place?

4. References to Chinese being bogey-men are moderatly unwelcome too. We've heard it before, and unless you can actually dig up some references to the specific guy, you're just sprouting prejudiced grap! We aren't close-minded racists are we? right?

5. References to them being corrupt bastards are moderatly unwelcome too. Watched any big newstories about money missing from Iraq lately? Followed up on the reports on what really happended in the latest UN scandals? No?

Seriously, you guys..
GET THE **** OF MY INTERNET!