U.N. To Govern Internet?

Falmarian writes "Apparently the rest of the world isn't happy about the US franchise on internet governance. A news.com article discusses the possibility that the U.N. will make a bid for control of such governing functions as assigning TLDs and IPs." From the article: "At issue is who decides key questions like adding new top-level domains, assigning chunks of numeric Internet addresses, and operating the root servers that keep the Net humming. Other suggested responsibilities for this new organization include Internet surveillance, 'consumer protection,' and perhaps even the power to tax domain names to pay for 'universal access.'"

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Re:Yuk

[CaptainFork]

They'll usually tell you that they in general blame unfair trade practices.

Actually, it's the despotic dictators who blame trade practices. The starving people blame the despotic dictators.