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UN Wants To Regulate Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-will-work-out-swell dept.

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." "

13 of 735 comments (clear)

  1. It's time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's time to create the outernet.

  2. who wants to control the internet? by PopeAlien · · Score: 5, Funny

    everybody.

    But I think we should let the internet decide.

    1) the U.N.

    2) Ralph Nader

    3) China

    4) Cowboy Neal

    I'm going to sit this one out.

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  3. Re:Screw em shut it down. by amliebsch · · Score: 5, Funny
    How is the UN going to "Take" Control ?

    I'm not sure how exactly, but it will in some way involve black helicopters.

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  4. As a US citizen... by d_p · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I look forward to ignoring UN regulation.

  5. And they want to regulate it how? by dacarr · · Score: 3, Funny
    Here's my question. How do they intend on "regulating" this internet thing? Do they intend on having an internet police force or something?

    I can see it now. "Open up! It's the internet police! We know you're sending spam in there!!!1!!!!11one!!"

    *sigh*

    Let the conspiracy theories begin.

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  6. Re:No thanks, we are just fine w/o you. by dubiousx99 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Stick with censoring your own country's access to information but keep your damn hands off of mine. I can just see the next UN scandal. Porn for food program.

  7. Re:In other news... by Rorgg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, anything that leads to the bombing of AOL can't be ALL bad.

  8. Re:Irrelevant, they have no enforcement capability by randyest · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right on, I agree 100%.

    Assuming, of course, that by attention you mean pedophile rapists.

    That's what you meant, right?

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  9. Am I the only one that read past the headline? by MrTester · · Score: 3, Funny

    The UN doesnt want to control the internet (at least not according to anything in this piece) The ITU director wants to control the internet. Thats a big difference. Im an officer in the US Army. I want a higher salary. CMDR Taco should now post an article saying "US Army pushing for higher salaries."

  10. The UN??? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! by tbone1 · · Score: 3, Funny
    The UN is like government without all the efficiency, accountability, and purpose. I wouldn't trust them with snake control in Ireland. Their competence is proportional to the least corrupt and least competent among them. If they start regulating the internet, OS X will be open to a multitude of viruses, BSD will become insecure, and /. will be a bastion of MicroSoft advocacy! Chaos,! Dogs and cats living together!

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  11. On the other hand.... by abb3w · · Score: 4, Funny
    Do not fall for their promises of freedom from spam. It will do nothing but erode further the real freedoms that the Internet has created for the global community.

    But if China was running the Internet, we really COULD get spammers taken out and shot.

    Decisions, decisions...

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    //Information does not want to be free; it wants to breed.
  12. Look on the bright side ;-) by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny

    Instead, I would like to challenge someone to explain how this could possibly be a good thing.

    The families of trolls will be charged the price of the bullet.

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    You can't take the sky from me...

  13. Re:No thanks, we are just fine w/o you. by jdgeorge · · Score: 3, Funny

    Read me now...ALL INFORMATION THAT EXISTS IS BIASED.

    Not so, mister smarty-pants. For example, the information I get from Fox News is not biased. It's Fair and Balanced. Seriously. It says so right up front, so it must be true. Who could call that biased?