Finally...An All-American Political Effort

[eyer]

Looks like an issue has finally arisen which Americans seem fully united in fighting for...

...nothing less than the free future of the Internet:

House urges Obama to fight UN web regulation

By Brendan Sasso - 08/02/12 07:04 PM ET
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The House unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday urging the Obama administration to fight efforts to give a United Nations agency more control over the Internet.

Proposals to give the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) more control over the governance of the Internet could come up at a conference in Dubai in December. The move is reportedly backed by China, Russia, Brazil, India and other U.N. members.

The Obama administration has already announced its strong opposition to such proposals.

"Today’s unanimous vote sends a clear and unmistakable message: the American people want to keep the Internet free from government control and prevent Russia, China and other nations from succeeding in giving the U.N. unprecedented power over Web content and infrastructure," said Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), who sponsored the resolution. "We cannot let this happen."

The proposals could give the U.N. more control over cybersecurity, data privacy, technical standards and the Web’s address system. They could also allow foreign, government-owned Internet providers to charge extra for international traffic and allow for more price controls.

The Internet is currently governed under a “multi-stakeholder” approach that gives power to a host of nonprofits, rather than governments.

The resolution urges the administration to "promote a global Internet free from government control and preserve and advance the successful multistakeholder model that governs the Internet today."

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has introduced a counterpart resolution in the Senate.

Google applauded the House vote in a blog post by Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the Internet who is now Google's "Chief Internet Evangelist."

"In the lead-up to the December conference, the future of the Internet is at stake, and I hope that other countries will adopt publicly similar positions," Cerf wrote.

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-v...ight-un-internet-regulation-in-unanimous-vote

 

[fuckwaffle]

Looks like an issue has finally arisen which Americans seem fully united in fighting for...

...nothing less than the free future of the Internet:

Who the fuck does the UN think they are? Oh, wait, that's right, those freeloading pieces of shit think they are some de facto world government that can go into any country and demand control over the citizens of that country.

What a bunch of douche-bags.

 

[coachdb18]

We should simply charge the UN for any and all use of the internet, and pull the plug if they don't pay their bill on time. On that same note, we need to stop funding these asshole so they can learn what happens when they piss us off.

 

[fuckwaffle]

Obama doesn't have the balls. In fact, I'd goes as far as to say he worships the UN, I mean he does enough bowing at those assholes.

 

[koalabear]

I thought this was another chik-fil-a thread.

 

[fuckwaffle]

fooled you, ha!

 

[koalabear]

The UN wants to tax the rich, control guns, control the net and make the world over like they did in Africa.

 

[bra_man69]

The UN wants to tax the rich, control guns, control the net and make the world over like they did in Africa.

They still haven't gave food to that kid from Africa yet on tv