This article is two days old and from the UK. It’s strange that this is receiving no coverage in the US, apparently no mention on talk radio, or even the main internet sites, AFAIK. Nations already block sites and put restrictions on the internet. Though some Americans would doubtless love to see it, I can’t imagine Americans allowing our free speech on the internet to be diluted or determined by an international body.
This move has been discussed before, and received some spotty coverage in the past. I don’t think many know just what this means.
I thought twice about posting this simply because I had not seen or heard about it either. I saw it on Drudge tonight and was very curious, so I clicked on the “Guardian UK” site. I listen to FOX almost constantly, so I would not know how the “fringe” media is reporting it, but tonight was the first that I saw of the report. Has anyone else heard or seen anything else?
Here are a few links for you:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/10/us-icann-internet.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574446942665685208.html
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2009/gb2009102_460955.htm
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220300724
Go to Google news and type ICANN in the search box. Hundreds of articles.