Read all about it. But be quick (Control of the Internet)

Times Online ^ | 18 November 2005 | Kieren McCarthy

[lowbuck]

During the opening ceremony of the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis on Wednesday, delegates from across the globe were amazed when the Swiss president, Samuel Schmid, directly criticised Tunisia for its policy of restricting free speech.

"It is, quite frankly, unacceptable for the United Nations to continue to include among its members states which imprison citizens for the sole reason that they have criticised their government on the internet or in the media," he said.

[lowbuck]

OK, so the UN is leading the charge for "international goverance" of the Internet in a backward place like this.

Next thing you know they will put Libya in charge of Human Rights. . . Oh, they already did that. . .

[angkor]

A friend just returned from this conference. He thought they'd be satisified with the bone we threw them, which is that they get to have some sort of meeting and make suggestions about Internet governance.

[DoughtyOne]

How about a "Women's Conference" in China? Just think of the little girls who didn't get a chance to attend. Thank heaven Hillary did, and failed to note the glaring truth publicly.

[ScaniaBoy]

It is a good thing that the tranzis (transnational organizations) were kept away from the governance of the net.

However. I would have been much more relieved if the US delegation just had told the EU, UN etc to take a hike.

If they want to find something to regulate, go and invent it first!

[andyk]

World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis

LMAO!

[papasmurf]

When guns free internet are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns free internet. :O) P

[RippleFire]

bump

[BenLurkin]

But this is the very reason why the U.N. wants to control the internet -- in order to limit free speech.

[tophat9000]

I do not get this control of the Internet BS, not that I don't understand the technology but I do understand and the politician and public don't (Ive been 25 years in computer and telcom)

Bottom line this is a stupid debate because the means to control of the Internet and the model of the control is already in place... THE Internet rides on the tel com (phone system) backbone in and out of there countries... Internet traffic from the physical layers perspective is the same as any other phone traffic and can be regulated and controlled the same as any other phone call traffic

You don't like the Internet traffic coming in and out of you country...fine put you own servers in you ITMC(International Tramission Management Centers) open the Data Packet, block what you want, change the protocol and translate the routing any way you want for you own in country data networks ... we already do this in voice and data calls now to let different network with different protocols work with each other

You dont like out Internet invent your own and put you own Internet interface "Gateway" (that you control) at your countrys border

[Señor Zorro]

I would have preferred not to throw them a bone.

[GOP Jedi]

I would have preferred not to throw them a bone.

I agree completely. This permits them to preserve their organizational infrastructure and await a compliant adminstration to arrive on the scene. They'll be poised to take immediate action, and only have to win once. We have to win every time.