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UN wants control of Internet
news.com.com ^ | 3/29/2005 | Declan McCullagh

Posted on 03/29/2005 10:17:09 AM PST by minus_273

The International Telecommunication Union is one of the most venerable of bureaucracies. Created in 1865 to facilitate telegraph transmissions, its mandate has expanded to include radio and telephone communications.

The ITU, a United Nations agency, would like to change that. "The whole world is looking for a better solution for Internet governance, unwilling to maintain the current situation," Houlin Zhao, director of the ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, said last year. Zhao, a former government official in China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, has been in his current job since 1999.

Though Zhao is far too diplomatic to state it directly, the ITU's increasing interest in the Internet could presage a power struggle between ITU, ICANN, and perhaps even the U.S. government, which retains some oversight authority over ICANN and appears content with the current structure.

In a series of speeches over the last year, Zhao has suggested that the ITU could become involved in everything from security and spam to managing how Internet Protocol addresses are assigned. The ITU also is looking into some aspects of voice over Internet Protocol--VoIP--communications, another potential area for expansion.

"Countering spam is just one of many elements of protecting the Internet that include availability during emergencies and supporting public safety and law enforcement officials," Zhao wrote in December. Also, he wrote, the ITU "would take care of other work, such as work on Internet exchange points, Internet interconnection charging regimes, and methods to provide authenticated directories that meet national privacy regimes."

CNET News.com recently spoke with Zhao about the ITU's increased interest in the Internet and its involvement in a series of meetings that will conclude in November with a U.N. World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.

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To: minus_273

They want control so they can tax it and fund all their left-wing wacko world causes.

NO FRICKIN WAY !!


41 posted on 03/29/2005 10:41:55 AM PST by dartuser (Many people think that questioning Darwinian evolution must be equivalent to espousing creationism.)
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To: BJungNan
Good thing Jimmy Carter is not President or he would just hand it over to them.

and Kerry was planning on it.

and we'd better get rid of the UN before the next dem pres. gets elected

42 posted on 03/29/2005 10:41:59 AM PST by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: minus_273
If the UN wanting to get involved with the Internet, there are two areas that they are mainly concerned about:

1. Taxation

2. Censorship

43 posted on 03/29/2005 10:45:34 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: GaltMeister
they can be the Internet 'gatekeepers' she talked about a few years ago

can you elaborate or provide source? Thanks.
44 posted on 03/29/2005 10:46:37 AM PST by Bear_Slayer (If you're gonna be a Knight act like a Knight.)
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To: cripplecreek

LOL!


45 posted on 03/29/2005 10:47:28 AM PST by Howlin
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To: Disambiguator
1. Taxation 2. Censorship

Whole ball of wax

46 posted on 03/29/2005 10:50:51 AM PST by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: minus_273

And from the folks who want to tax every last one of us on earth without our permission.


47 posted on 03/29/2005 10:50:53 AM PST by hershey
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To: minus_273
It only stands to reason, since they want to control the world!


48 posted on 03/29/2005 10:51:50 AM PST by TChris (Just once, we need an elected official to stand up to a clearly incorrect ruling by a court. - Ann C)
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To: GaltMeister

That's the plan. Slick Willie gets to be King of the UN, and Hill rules the White House. Together they rule the world. Not.


49 posted on 03/29/2005 10:52:44 AM PST by hershey
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To: Disambiguator
If the UN wanting to get involved with the Internet, there are two areas that they are mainly concerned about:

Forgot the "is" between UN and wanting. Shouldn't proofread on an empty stomach.

My apologies to those of you who are easily offended by poor grammar.

50 posted on 03/29/2005 10:58:02 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Little Pig
" If they want to control an Internet, they can build their own."

Bingo.

51 posted on 03/29/2005 10:58:26 AM PST by cookcounty (Michael Schiavo is a bigamist. When he chose Jodi, he should have lost rights over Teri.)
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To: minus_273

52 posted on 03/29/2005 11:00:13 AM PST by paleocon patriarch ("Never attribute to a conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.")
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To: minus_273

53 posted on 03/29/2005 11:02:29 AM PST by unixfox (AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
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To: minus_273

The leftists want to control the 13 root authoritative Domain Name Servers. We'd be making a big mistake to even let them take over management of only 1 such DNS server.


54 posted on 03/29/2005 11:03:04 AM PST by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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To: minus_273
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55 posted on 03/29/2005 11:08:31 AM PST by paleocon patriarch ("Never attribute to a conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.")
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To: Bald Eagle777

Just a thought....

I second your thoughts -- well said! Anything that has the letters "UN" attached should be suspect and avoided at all costs!


56 posted on 03/29/2005 11:11:31 AM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: First_Salute
The leftists want to control the 13 root authoritative Domain Name Servers. We'd be making a big mistake to even let them take over management of only 1 such DNS server.

Incrementalism.
First, they'd use the propaganda of "to be fair" to try to get the rest. Then, maybe "equality for all servers". How about "unified?"
Instead of making them all free, to "make it fair", they'd dictate them all.

57 posted on 03/29/2005 11:13:13 AM PST by concerned about politics (Vote Republican - Vote morally correct!)
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To: Polyxene
Anything that has the letters "UN" attached should be suspect and avoided at all costs!

User Name? Uranium Nitride? ;^)

58 posted on 03/29/2005 11:22:37 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Bear_Slayer

Here's a bunch of links on Hildebeast's comments about 'Internet Gatekeepers':

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hillary+clinton+internet+gatekeeper&btnG=Google+Search


59 posted on 03/29/2005 11:24:04 AM PST by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: minus_273
I will personally kick Zhaos butt and dismantle ITU's offices with my bare hands if they so much as try it!!!

The Internet is the only free place on earth. I will die before I let the UN get it's slimy corrupt tentacles on it.
60 posted on 03/29/2005 11:24:09 AM PST by monday
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