US Internet Control To Be Topic #1 In Rio

Crazy Taco writes "It looks as though the next meeting of the UN's Internet Governance Forum is about to descend into another heated debate about US control of key Internet systems. Although the initial purpose of this year's summit was to cover such issues as spam, free speech and cheaper access, it appears that nations such as China, Iran, and Russia, among others, would rather discuss US control of the Internet. In meetings leading to up to the second annual meeting of the IGF in Rio de Janiero on Monday, these nations won the right to hold an opening-day panel devoted to 'critical Internet resources.' While a number of countries wanting to internationalize Internet control simply want to have more say over policies such as creating domain names in languages other than English, we can only speculate what additional motives might be driving nations that heavily censor the Internet and lock down the flow of information across it."

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Topic #2 in Rio?

[bogjobber]

How to get rid of chlamydia.

Fascism. . .

[Fantastic Lad]

I don't know about the U.N., but I certainly don't trust the Bush admin.

As fascism evolves, the media and communication in general inevitably suffer. We've certainly seen this already to a degree. I'd feel more at ease if the internet on/off switch wasn't in the hands of the U.S. military. (When you dig thoroughly enough, you see the ties.)

Imagine how cut off you'd feel if the internet were to suddenly go off line.

-FL

Re:It's all about censorship

[forgotten_my_nick]

> very few countries understand the concept of the free speech and a free press.

Hate to break it to you but America is one of those countries as well.

Re:Create their own network then?

[rs79]

" Personally ICANN/IANA does a pretty good job at what it does "

And which large corporations trademark interests do YOU represent. In other words: NOT.

In 7 years ICANN has made a handful of truly lame tlds. Remember the creation of ICANN was to create new tlds.

The organization was captured since its creation by old white men. And their lawyers.

Almost anybody could do a better job.

Re:Just wondering?

[yabos]

And? I don't hear of anyone being limited to saying anything here. However I do hear of in the US that protestors aren't allowed near the event they are protesting against a lot of the time. In the US, you have free speech as long as it's out of the way and no one can see it. Here in Canada there's huge parades of people that smoke pot out in the open and the police don't do anything about it. I can't recall what event this was at but it was in Toronto these past few years.

The point is, your constitution says lots of things but your government routinely wipes it's ass with it, blatantly ignoring it.

Fuck the U.N.

[ccmay]

Fuck all the other countries. This is our Internet. We created it. Let them build their own fucking ChinaNet if they want. I don't want the UN douchebags controlling ANYTHING that pertains to my liberty or financial well-being.

-ccm