US House Votes 397-0 To Oppose UN Control of the Internet 297
An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. House of Representatives voted 397-0 today on a resolution to oppose U.N. control of the internet. 'The 397-0 vote is meant to send a signal to countries meeting at a U.N. conference on telecommunications this week. Participants are meeting to update an international telecom treaty, but critics warn that many countries' proposals could allow U.N. regulation of the Internet.' The European Parliament passed a similar resolution a couple weeks ago, and the U.N. telecom chief has gone on record saying that freedom on the internet won't be curbed. However, that wasn't enough for U.S. lawmakers, who were quite proud of themselves for actually getting bipartisan support for the resolution (PDF). Rep Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said, 'We need to send a strong message to the world that the Internet has thrived under a decentralized, bottom-up, multi-stakeholder governance model.'"
Re:Yea! (Score:5, Informative)
I can't see how handing over control of the internet to the UN could in anyway be classified as progress.
Re:multi-stakeholder (Score:5, Informative)
We need to send a strong message to the world that the Internet has thrived under a decentralized, bottom-up, multi-stakeholder governance model
Isnt that what the UN is ?
No. The UN is the centralization of power. Decisions made by the UN are enforced on member nations. The UN is top down. It is staffed by elites selected by the excecutive branchs of nations. It is multi-national but it is not multi-stakeholder. It excludes stakeholders that are not goverments.
Re:Republicans hate the UN (Score:2, Informative)
Really? Last time I've looked I could have sworn that domain names have been seized without proper justification and oversight.
Re:(cynicism overload.. can't fight snarkyness...) (Score:5, Informative)
Re:FFS... (Score:4, Informative)
UN works on consensus. Any country can veto anything.
China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and the United
States can veto anything, The UN is a place where all countries are equal, but as usual some are more equal than others.
Re:FFS... (Score:4, Informative)
No, they can't veto anything. Only on matters related to world security. The UN General Assembly has passed thousands of resolutions and majority of them were never debated by UN Security Council.
Re:Republicans hate the UN (Score:5, Informative)
*cough*CERN*cough*
Re:Free speech (Score:2, Informative)