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US Gov't. Ending Its Hands-Off-the-Internet Stance

Posted by kdawson on from the that-was-then-and-this-is-now dept.

Taco Cowboy writes in with a report from The Register about a US policy shift away from keeping hands off the Internet. "According to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling, Obama's top official at the Department of Commerce, the US government's policy of leaving the Internet alone is over. Instead, an 'Internet Policy 3.0' approach will see policy discussions between government agencies, foreign governments, and key Internet constituencies, with those discussions covering issues such as privacy, child protection, cybersecurity, copyright protection, and Internet governance." Here is the presentation in which Strickling enunciated these changes.

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  1. Just like the old boss ... by warren.oates · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The working class can kiss my ass; I've got the foreman's job at last. -- Ballacks O'Bama.

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    Doh.
  2. Re:You got the cause and effect reversed by AlamedaStone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    hell I didn't even vote

    Then your opinion is irrelevant. Please refrain from posting.

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    "All these years believing you're the signified monkey, only to find out you're just a big hunk of nobody cares."
  3. Re:Internet to Powerful, for governments by Conzar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Once upon a time the US used to be a 'beacon of liberty' to the world.

    When was this? Was the US a beacon of liberty to the Native Americans (genocide and slavery), Africans (kidnapping and slavery), Mexicans who's land was invaded and taken, Women and their rights, and the list goes on?