Google Warns Against UN Net Conference

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @08:27AM from the deciding-how-you-view-cat-pictures dept.

another random user writes "Google has warned that a forthcoming U.N.-organized conference threatens the 'free and open internet.' Government representatives are set to agree a new information and communications treaty in December. It has been claimed some countries will try to wrest oversight of the net's technical specifications and domain name system from U.S. bodies to an international organization. However, the U.N. has said there would be consensus before any change was agreed." Google is using its Take Action page to encourage people to speak out on this issue.

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Re:The Devil we Know... by MrL0G1C · 2012-11-21 10:29 · Score: 3, Informative

You clearly haven't been paying attention.
U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites, 'By Mistake
Just google ICE and 'websites' for more crap that the US govt has been pulling against websites, many of which are perfectly legal and not in the US.

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Re:The Devil we Know... by GrubInCan · 2012-11-21 11:49 · Score: 3, Informative

Is it? RFC1591 says it's supposed to be international. Only GOV and MIL are US only.