The Internet Blues
It seems that every time we hear anything on the news about the UN trying to take over the internet naming system, they try to portray us Americans as some tyrants that controls who-sees-what on the internet.
What’s up with that? Sure, we may not have the best management all the time, but we sure don’t restrict access like.. oh, I dunno… China?!
Despite having made a declaration of support for freedom of speech, many WGIG members come from nations that severely curtail this right; China, for example, has one of the most restrictive and sophisticated Internet control mechanisms in the world. Just as other UN bodies have been “co-opted” by non- democratic governments, “an ‘International Internet Commission’ chaired by China might not be far off,” Rasmussen observed.
And who could forget some of the scandals that have plagued those UN boys recently.
Given recent oil-for-food scandals, UN-style Internet agencies would present the inherent risk of “giving ruling members of regimes in the developing world shiny new computers rather than furnishing the poor with Internet access,” Rasmussen said.
Come on guys. Sure, we may not be on top of the ball all of the time… but I think the UN has enough problems to deal with right now. Why add this into the mix now?
Read the full article: Study Predicts Political, Economic Turmoil If UN’s Internet Governance Schemes Succeed - Yahoo! News