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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:and who better than the US... by CosmeticLobotamy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This will get me modded down, but the US isn't as free-speech as it would like to make out.

    Of course it won't get you modded down. It's anti-American. And normally I love anti-American and support those who mod it up, but that's just cheap.

    "Free Speech Zones" (which are actually the opposite), anyone?

    Who was prevented from saying what they wanted? Who was prevented from peaceably assembling? I'm not sure free speech includes the right to stand exactly where you want to while you're doing it. They moved them a few feet.

    Sure, it's a little bit of a grey area, and I'd be more supportive of the people that went out, but protesting to a huge group of your strongest opposition on their way into a building is a dumb idea anyway. They're just going to go inside with new anger at you and share it with their supportive friends.