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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." "
We need the UN to take over the Internet!
Only the folks who were in charge of Oil For Food, who stood idely by in Rwanda, who rape children and goats in Timor, and who rape women and children in the Congo are ideally suited for regulating the Internet.
Only they can keep us safe(*)!
-gandalf23@work
* Safe meaning free from worrisome strife and confusion by only allowing us to view what is in our best interests. By filtering out the un-truths and lies, they will free us with conformity and the status quo. Pesky innovation will no longer be allowed! Who needs to upgrade their computer every six months anyway? Anarchists and pornographers and other ne'er-do-wells, that's who! And who needs encryption? Only people who have something to hide!
Help us UN! You're our only hope!
In that case, we don't need any additional regulation of the internet to stop it - merely enforcement of existing laws. QED.
I argue that in any country, if the government opposed Internet service, how do you get Internet service? How would opposition to the internet be considered an absense of government control? I would consider opposition to something to be the government taking an active role. If they were apathetic about it, then industry would take care of it.
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Like almost all governmentally-oriented people who make ill-informed comments about the Internet, this guy Zhao has his head so far up his ass he might just as well climb up in after it and disappear.