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U.S. Insists On Keeping Control Of Internet
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."
I'm against the US controlling the domain system because they have absolutely no accountability toward respecting my freedoms, and they are a huge overbearing bureauocracy. .... Now lets think about that a minute.....
If the UN thinks it can do a better job then I suggest it go build its own network and prove it.
US Officials (generally clueless about "internet") pass regulations they don't know what means what.
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Microsoft creates crappy software with closed standards
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