On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:41:05PM -0400, Robert West wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert West [mailto:robert.w...@just-micro.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 10:56 PM > To: 'Tarig Yassin' > Subject: RE: Who controlls the Internet? > > Each individual government seems to control the information the enters or > leaves their borders. Do a search for "Internet Censorship Wikileaks". > Every government has their own set of morals and standards and politically > motivated black list. Certainly the USA wants to swagger and force its will > on not only its own people but the entire planet, but they are not alone. > Australia, China, North Korea, Germany........ Etc............ All with > their own agenda. It would be great if there was ONE entity that controlled > content and each country had to abide by their decisions in order to have > access to the backbone but that's only just a dream at this point. The flat > earth that should be the flow of information needs to be demanded by > everyone. > Not all states (or people for that matter) agree with Voltaire's view of free speech. If our democratically accountable, and elected government wants to ban hate speech/child porn/$OTHER_ILLEGAL_CONTENT, and puts in an accountable method of dealing with it, I find it hard to see why the US view of free speech should prevail over that choice.
> That's my 13 cents worth. > > (Inflation sucks) > > But who am I but just a thinking and caring animal of this planet? > > Bob- > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tarig Yassin [mailto:tariq198...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 1:24 PM > To: nanog > Subject: Who controlls the Internet? > > > Deal all > > > > I want to show you some obstacles that some countries face them every day. > > > > For example when users from Sudan trying to access some web site they will > get a *Forbidden Access Error* message. > > And some messages say: you are forbidden to access this web site because > your IP address appears form country black listed due to USA government > policy. > > > > I would like to issue a question here, who controls this Internet? > > > > > ThanksTarig > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > >