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Story: Keep Internet out of UN control, says US
Posted by: Anonymous (Thursday 20 October 2005, 12:19 AM)
The internet has thrived under US control with a relatively few number of incidents. Programs under UN control have rarely faired so well. The UN wants control so they tax common internet activities and make it generally less appealing. I can't see what good going from a small bureaucracy like ICANN to the largest one on the planet will do. Especially their goal is taxation and taking domain names because they don't like the site contents.
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Story: Keep Internet out of UN control, says US
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If the US is not willing to allow the U.N to have... Michael Thompson -
Who created the Internet? It is my recolecti... Anonymous -
Is the Internet an international media?... Anonymous -
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The "Internet" was origin... Michael Thompson
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Perhaps we should let the US have their... Anonymous -
This reminds me of the farscape pro... Setsuna
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Really, what concerns me is having... Anonymous
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Really, what concerns me is re... Anonymous
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Turn the internet over to the... Anonymous
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The U.N. is unable to control it's own members and... Oldator
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The only reason the UN wants in on the contro... John Quigley II
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The US is unable to control it's own eco... Anonymous
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The only reason the US wants control of... Anonymous
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Notwithstanding that the UN is probably not compet... johnjc
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For the US this issue has everything to do wi... Anonymous
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First of all America is the one who does... William J. Schatten
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Well, I would agree that making the domain databas... Francois Stiglitz
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No single nation, organization, entitiy or whateve... Arthur B.
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The internet has thrived under US control wit... Anonymous -
World Wide Web?!?
Or is it the United States Web t... Jake Komisar
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The UN actually doesn't levy taxes of any kin... Dez
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The Internet does advance human interest unde... Anonymous
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I think the Internet is better compared with inter... Arthur B.
