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Story: Keep Internet out of UN control, says US
Posted by: Anonymous (Thursday 20 October 2005, 1:54 AM)
Is the Internet an international media? Is its purpose the advancement of human interests.
Or...
Is the Internet a US media with the sole purpose being the advancement of US national interests?
The current status of the internet has been arrived at through the hard work of many people, from many different countries. It is currently used to promote commercial interests across physical borders, and to connect people regardless of race, creed, religion, physical location. It is used by scientists internationally for all sorts of research. It is even used for SETI an other distributed projects.
No single nation should have dominance. This is not a matter of ownership. It is a matter of unbiased, democratic regulation of a world-wide resource.
Any single nation controlling this resource is likely to use such monopolistic control for nationalistic agendas. The Internet, as a digital transport media, is beyond that and needs to be managed without regard for nationalist prejudices.
Creation, ownership and current management rights are not valid claims to maintain the status quo.
Should the Internet be managed for the advancement of human interests or American interests?
Full Talkback thread
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 -
Just a few points:
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
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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.
