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Vint Cerf, US Congresswoman Oppose Net Regulation
schliz writes "Vint Cerf, Google, ICANN and California Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack have opposed a recently revealed UN initiative to regulate the internet. Congresswoman Mack put forward a US resolution that the United Nations and other international governmental organisations maintain a 'hands-off approach' to the internet, arguing that 'the internet has progressed and thrived precisely because it has not been subjected to the suffocating effect of a governmental organization's heavy hand.' Meanwhile, the so-called 'father of the internet,' Vint Cerf, called on stakeholders to sign a petition to mobilize opposition of the UN's plan. 'Today, I have signed that petition on Google's behalf because we don't believe governments should be allowed to grant themselves a monopoly on Internet governance,' said Cerf, who is also Google's chief internet lobbyist."
Let's not pretend this is about "a certain amount of regulation", that would be beyond stupid. Here's the list of countries that wants to takeover control of the internet :
India, South Africa, China and Saudi Arabia
Is it any wonder they choose to hide behind the "UN" name ?
<Saudi Govt.> "Hey UN, we want to regulate the internet" ... stopping now ... it was fun
<UN> Of course, you promise to be good rulers ?
<Saudi Govt.> Of course
<Saudi police> Okay, okay
<Saudi Govt.> Who said you could stop stoning that guy who said something remotely resembling mumbling and possibly understood to be an insult to our let's-stone-women-dead-if-2-guys-don't-like-em religion ?
And then the Saudi police continued stoning ... both the original victim and the police agent who brought up the "not evil" practice, of course
<UN> Of course we will take the internet away from those "evil" free-speech Americans. Provided, of course, you don't take that suitcase full of money home ...
So please, don't be an idiot. This is about killing whatever freedom exists on the internet, please don't think it's about anything else. And of course, similar criticism applies to the rest of these states.
Then you're post is completely off-topic here.