So Vladimir Putin on the ritz basically did propose this:
"The 193 member countries of the United Nations are gathered to consider whether to apply to the Internet a regulatory regime that the International Telecommunications Union created in the 1980s for old-fashioned telephone service," Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) said on the House floor.
Vladimir (chocolate) Putin wanted to charge website owners, who he called the "senders" of information, a tax for every international connection sent to users in his country, despite it being the users who initiate the download of a site.
The party of ★■◆● NO said:
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Re: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:22 am
by Heretic
So are you for or against UN control of the Internet?
Re: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:31 am
by Isaac
Against.
Re: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:57 pm
by Alter-Fox
Heretic wrote:So are you for or against UN control of the Internet?
What do you think he thinks that you think that I think that we all know?
I'm pretty sure the UN'd be against it too. They're not idiots, just powerless.
Re: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:12 pm
by Foil
Wow, the resolution passed unanimously in both the Senate and House. Guess they CAN agree on something.
Re: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:41 pm
by Grendel
For now...
Re: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:47 pm
by roid
the interenet is kinda controlled by the IEEE right? they set the standards, but it's a meritocratic process, ultimately controlled by engineers i hope.
I mean, there's probably officce politics involved, amongst the engineers, the various outside interest groups (i mean it's a CONSORTIUM right?), but i dont' know what they are - from my outside perspective it all seems to run super smooth. Does anyone ever hear about things the IEEE has fucked up? not me. It's like some kinda utopian governing body!
Maybe we should replace our governments with these sorts of things. Ok maybe "replace" would be too drastic and sudden a change, how about we interbreed the 2, to insert more engineer genes into government. mmmm yes. i ship it
Re: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:52 am
by Sirius
I have no problem with a UN body governing the internet as long as the governance makes sense (charging website owners for sending data overseas doesn't). The same applies to any local governments attempting to do the same thing.
