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U.S. Insists On Keeping Control Of Internet

Posted by Zonk on from the we're-not-going-to-share-our-toys dept.

veggie boy writes "A U.S. official strongly objected to any notion of a U.N. body taking control of the domain servers that direct traffic on the Internet." From the article: "'We will not agree to the U.N. taking over the management of the Internet,' said Ambassador David Gross, the U.S. coordinator for international communications and information policy at the State Department. 'Some countries want that. We think that's unacceptable.' Many countries, particularly developing ones, have become increasingly concerned about the U.S. control, which stems from the country's role in creating the Internet as a Pentagon project and funding much of its early development."

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  1. Re:I say... by rlp · · Score: 5, Funny

    AdeBaumann wrote: I say let the UN have it. It is the Internet after all, to be handled internationally. The US can keep AOL in exchange ...

    How 'bout the US keeps the Internet, and the UN can have AOL.

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  2. I don't know... by bullitB · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think this US control of the Internet is what's been holding it back. Maybe with international bureaucracy and UN regulation, this "Internet" thing will finally take off...

  3. Such Short Memories by Zane+Hopkins · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its not about being broken, its about trust. Do none of you remember back in 95 what happened to NeverNeverLand.

    The US wanted to invade to close all of the Pirate Training Camps, but the NeverNeverLand government was vocal across the internet in claiming there were no training camps, just theme parks. So what happened, the US kicked NeverNeverLands domain (.nn) out of the root servers. Suddenly no one in NeverNeverLand could email one another, the government collapsed and the country went into chaos.

    But worse, nobody could access any .nn websites, so nobody knew what was happening, and you couldn't email .nn anymore. It was like NeverNeverLand just dissappeared off the map, and soon people forgot it was there, forgot it ever existed.

    Now it's just an legend, like atlantis, and all because the US kicked .nn off of the root servers.

    Remember it's happened once, it can happed again.