U.S.: No Net governance changes expected

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I want less politicians, not more, touching the internet.

[quote]As recently as last fall's Internet Governance Forum in Greece, then-ITU Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi accused the United States of using "self-serving justifications" to argue that the existing arrangement is the best.[/quote]

Look who's talking - I'm willing to bet the UN is pretty self-serving also!

[quote]Representatives from countries such as Tunisia, Cuba, Iran, China and many less developed nations also have criticized the current system, charging that it gives the United States undue influence over the day-to-day operations of the Internet.[/quote]

The US government barely touches our Internet for the most part. Maybe there's occasional times when they've discussed it (the .xxx domain name controversy), but for the most part our politicians leave the Internet alone, and that's the way I like it .

My worry is that the UN just wants to start regulating it to death. They can be just as bad as many politicians in the US. It's just the same problem, but with different politicians.

[quote]For years, the U.S. government has been saying it ultimately intends to shift ICANN, which has operated under the auspices of the U.S. Commerce Department since 1998, into the private sector with less government oversight.[/quote]

Now this sounds good. Less politicians, less people tempted to "fix" a system that isn't broken.

Posted by: CobraA1   Posted on: 01/16/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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