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US Keeps Control of the Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-thank-good-thats-all-settled-once-and-for-all dept.

Adam Schumacher writes "As a result of a a deal reached late Tuesday, the US and ICANN will maintain control over the Internet's core systems. A new body will be created to provide international oversight, which will, of course, have no binding authority."

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  1. Re:The Minutes Of The Meeting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "the unelected EU parliament"

    Of all the EU institutions you picked the only ELECTED one to call it unelected. It's the COMISSION that is unelected.
    Not that it makes it much better but you still gotta be accurate.

  2. The headline should read.... by tpgp · · Score: 5, Informative
    The headline should read:
    Private Sector will probably retain control of the Internet.

    From the TFA:

    the compromise's ultimate decision is that leadership of the Internet, and its future direction, will remain in the hands of the private sector, although some critics contend that the U.S. government, which oversees ICANN, if only nominally, could still flex its muscle in future decisions.


    And it hasn't even been ratified....this is just a preliminary decision.

    Have a read of this the register article about the Pakistani Ambassador who made this possible.
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  3. Get our of your hole by brunes69 · · Score: 5, Informative
    ... and stop being so biased.

    If you really think that Europe is for some reason "less free" than the US, than I would suggest you take a look at the http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15333"> Worldwide Press Freedom Index, which lists it in a solid 44th place on the index of freedom of the press, which is mainly what you are talking about when you discuss speech on the Internet, since it is a form of press.

    The US has really dipped a lot in this lately (20 places in the past year).