Still Waters Posted October 30, 2012 #1 Share Posted October 30, 2012 It is expected to be the mother of all cyber diplomatic battles. When delegates gather in Dubai in December for an obscure UN agency meeting, fighting is expected to be intense over proposals to rewrite global telecom rules to effectively give the United Nations control over the Internet. http://phys.org/news...n-internet.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted October 30, 2012 #2 Share Posted October 30, 2012 *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted October 30, 2012 #3 Share Posted October 30, 2012 who will this help? do they just want it because they dont have it already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted October 30, 2012 #4 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I wonder how this will help anything and why they want it or why I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orcseeker Posted October 30, 2012 #5 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Could people just leave this stuff alone? ...Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted October 30, 2012 #6 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Could people just leave this stuff alone? ...Please? Apparently not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Right Wing Posted October 30, 2012 #7 Share Posted October 30, 2012 It is expected to be the mother of all cyber diplomatic battles. When delegates gather in Dubai in December for an obscure UN agency meeting, fighting is expected to be intense over proposals to rewrite global telecom rules to effectively give the United Nations control over the Internet. http://phys.org/news...n-internet.html I dont want the Americans running my internet thanks. They are totally intolerant to other ways of running a country except their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenfahr Posted October 30, 2012 #8 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I dont want the Americans running my internet thanks. They are totally intolerant to other ways of running a country except their own. You mean like censoring it? Darn that freedom speech thing. I dont want anyone controling the interweb besides us users. Keep the internet free. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted October 30, 2012 #9 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I dont want the Americans running my internet thanks. They are totally intolerant to other ways of running a country except their own. Then build your own damned internet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libstaK Posted October 31, 2012 #10 Share Posted October 31, 2012 How many International Laws are just waiting with baited breath to be imposed on the new 'UN' owned Internet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackofalltrades Posted October 31, 2012 #11 Share Posted October 31, 2012 IF the UN get their own way and get control over the internet, then I think, we may as well say goodbye to the internet as we know it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGH Posted October 31, 2012 #12 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Oh dear. Another little bit of freedom taken away. Now for some reason I can't see the article, but Ill hazzard a guess that they want control to stop "terrorists" in some form or other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Right Wing Posted October 31, 2012 #13 Share Posted October 31, 2012 IF the UN get their own way and get control over the internet, then I think, we may as well say goodbye to the internet as we know it... Will the 200+ nations all get an equal say and vote on how the internet is run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted October 31, 2012 #14 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Then build your own damned internet. They did, at least the programming language that runs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoIverine Posted October 31, 2012 #15 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) I dont want the Americans running my internet thanks. They are totally intolerant to other ways of running a country except their own. Sorry man, since the internet's inventor Al Gore is American, you'll just have to suck it up. Side note: I would like the internet to be free as well, I don't really see any problems with how it's already running. Edited October 31, 2012 by WoIverine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted October 31, 2012 #16 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Oh dear. Another little bit of freedom taken away. Now for some reason I can't see the article, but Ill hazzard a guess that they want control to stop "terrorists" in some form or other? Probably want to stop inflamatory speech against islam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackofalltrades Posted October 31, 2012 #17 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Will the 200+ nations all get an equal say and vote on how the internet is run? Maybe, maybe not... time will tell... What is wrong with the way the internet is run now ? (in my opinion - nothing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted October 31, 2012 #18 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Maybe, maybe not... time will tell... What is wrong with the way the internet is run now ? (in my opinion - nothing) Except that if the US Secretary of Commerce wants to shut it off the lights go out, and the rest of the world won't like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenfahr Posted October 31, 2012 #19 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Except that if the US Secretary of Commerce wants to shut it off the lights go out, and the rest of the world won't like that. Is that true? Did he tweet this Idea or perhaps post it up on facebook? If true that person needs to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted October 31, 2012 #20 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Is that true? Did he tweet this Idea or perhaps post it up on facebook? If true that person needs to go. what part of IF don't you understand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenfahr Posted October 31, 2012 #21 Share Posted October 31, 2012 what part of IF don't you understand? ahem.... let me correct my statment then question..... Since true that person needs to go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted October 31, 2012 #22 Share Posted October 31, 2012 ahem.... let me correct my statment then question..... Since true that person needs to go!!! Then whoever else is in charge of the US Department of Commerce can do the same, and that is what most countries don't want to put up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenfahr Posted October 31, 2012 #23 Share Posted October 31, 2012 so are you saying that it would be in better hands to handover the net to the UN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted November 1, 2012 #24 Share Posted November 1, 2012 so are you saying that it would be in better hands to handover the net to the UN? No, but then at least the function is not dependent on the whim of a single country, besides the little fact that there will be no general shutdown as the UN can never agree on anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted November 2, 2012 #25 Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) Maybe, maybe not... time will tell... What is wrong with the way the internet is run now ? (in my opinion - nothing) Speaking from a free country, like we do, I agree. But for people from countries that live under repressive governments, maybe it might 'free it up' more.I don't know right now. I'll have to find out more about it before I'll give an opinion in favour/or not. Edited to add 20 minutes later: Russia, China and a half dozen Arab states back this... That's not good. It would only work, if it made the internet more open. This will end in a stalemate. I don't know maybe we need a world wide plebicite, or maybe we can just let Switzerland decide. Edited November 2, 2012 by Likely Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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