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." "

Comments

Re:No, China wants to regulate the Internet...

[amembleton]

Only in the UN do the Sudan, Iran, and Syria have the same voting power as the UK, Canada, France, Australia, and the USA.

No, US, UK, France, China and Russia are pernament members of the security council which gives them veto rights. If a resolution is to be passed, these five members must all agree to it otherwise it doesn't happen. This gives them a great deal of power.

Wikipedia article on UN Security Council

Re:Careful!

[Anonymous Coward]

Oil-For-Food scandal that CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, and NBC all refuse to report on.

I shouldn't reply to trolls, but what the hell:

CNN
MSNBC
CBS
ABC

And, in the interests of impartiality:

Fox News.

Sorry, what was your point?