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UN Takeover of Internet Must Be Stopped, US Warns
benfrog writes "In a rare show of bipartisan agreement, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle warned this morning that a United Nations summit in December will lead to a virtual takeover of the Internet if proposals from China, Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are adopted. Called the World Conference on International Telecommunications, the summit would consider proposals including '[using] international mandates to charge certain Web destinations on a "per-click" basis to fund the build-out of broadband infrastructure across the globe' and allowing 'governments to monitor and restrict content or impose economic costs upon international data flows.' Concerns regarding the possible proposals were both aired at a congressional hearing this morning and drafted in a congressional resolution (PDF)."
No-one controls the fucking internet you retard. Fail.
Yeah, because we'll be so much better off if Saudi Arabia, Russia and China control the Internet.
The real question is, why haven't Americans driven the UN into the sea long ago?
And they're just letting everyone else use it. If these other countries don't like our rules, they're free to setup their own network and see if anyone comes along. It'd be like if Google and Microsoft decided they didn't think Facebook should have control of Facebook.
What you wrote was:
"which government was it that started seizing .com domains without warning?" -- an insinuation that the US is abusing its power, while we have nothing to fear from other nations. Don't deny the second half. That's what the "Which was it?" rhetorical question means.
"The US is scared that it's own control will be eroded by others." -- an insinuation that the US is opposing this for selfish reasons, with absolutely no supporting evidence. Meanwhile there is supporting evidence that countries like China and Iran would abuse the power that they are requesting.
"Given the way they've abused that control, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to see what other people make of it." -- How has America really abused its control? I mean, really? There are a few edge cases, but all in all the internet seems to be doing pretty damn good.
You make a bunch of baseless, cowardly insinuations without ever coming out and saying your true meaning. "Fuck America, give the power to someone else, that'll show 'em!" And then you have the gall to come back and pretend like you were being eminently reasonable. Honestly, can you find a single sentence in your post that is a factual reason why we should allow this, instead of just some tired old "never trust the US" tripe?