"Experts claim that political and religious websites could disappear if the Federal Government backs a plan to hand control over the internet to the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
A draft of the proposal, formulated in secret and only recently posted on the ITU website for public perusal, reveal that if accepted, the changes would allow government restriction or blocking of information disseminated via the internet and create a global regime of monitoring internet communications - including the demand that those who send and receive information identify themselves." http://www.news.com.au/news/united-nations-wants-control-of-web-kill-switch/story-fnejlrpu-1226515234163 This sounds pretty bad, I've been hearing about this proposal for a while and now it's making the news. NK
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