UN Pushes Plan To Assume Internet Governance Role

no0b writes with an Op-Ed by the FCC Commissioner on a UN plan to gain more control over Internet regulation. From the article: "On Feb. 27, a diplomatic process will begin in Geneva that could result in a new treaty giving the United Nations unprecedented powers over the Internet. Dozens of countries, including Russia and China, are pushing hard to reach this goal by year's end. As Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last June, his goal and that of his allies is to establish 'international control over the Internet' through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a treaty-based organization under U.N. auspices. " BoingBoing offers a slightly different perspective; The Register offers a quite different perspective.

Re:Two bad choices

[electron sponge]

Who is John Galt's IT guy?

Re:Two bad choices

[Tanktalus]

I don't know who you are, or even what your name is, but you already have my vote.

Re:Two bad choices

[LordLimecat]

You know, I heard from someone that theyre doing it right now! Something about "Primaries" and "November 2012"....youll want to google for the details.

Re:Two bad choices

[preaction]

Who run Bartertown?

Re:No improvement over the current setup

[MobyDisk]

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.