My own personal view is the worst thing about this is it won't actually add transparency to any give Nation-State's policies/oppression and it's still not going to stop the tide of attempted Nation-State Intranets.
So, at best, it's all the overhead with no benefit. The global situation can evolve badly enough without this meddling. -Ali On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: > "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 > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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