American Thinker
It’s an international idea that will be voted on in December – giving the UN more control over the internet.
Congress, if it knows what’s good for it, will refuse to support it.
At a hearing earlier this month, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also criticized the proposal. He said China and Russia are “not exactly bastions of Internet freedom.”
“Any place that bans certain terms from search should not be a leader in international Internet regulatory frameworks,” he said, adding that he will keep a close eye on the process.
Yet the proposal could come up for a vote at a UN conference in Dubai in December.
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Next week’s hearing is expected to bring more attention in the U.S. to the measure, which would give the UN more control over cybersecurity, data privacy, technical standards and the Web’s address system. It would also allow foreign government-owned Internet providers to charge extra for international traffic and allow for more price controls.
The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold the hearing and hear testimony from Robert McDowell, a Republican commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); David Gross, a former State Department official; and Sally Shipman Wentworth, the senior manager of public policy for the nonprofit Internet Society.
The Internet is currently governed under a “multi-stakeholder” approach that gives power to a host of nonprofits, rather than governments.
Strickling said that system brings more ideas and flexibility to Internet policymaking.
“We lose that when we turn this over to a group of just governments,” Strickling said.
This is such a bad idea, it’s hard to know where to begin. Rubio’s warning is spot on – allowing China or Russia to regulate the internet would be ridiculous. And given the UN’s track record, does anyone believe they wouldn’t screw things up royally?
Excellent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the proposal can be found here.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/05/keep_the_uns_hands_off_our_internet.html#ixzz1w5cRLH7x
Rubio, Rubio, Rubio! The Cuban was not born a natural born American! BOTH his parents WERE NOT American Citizens the day Marco was born!!! He just like Obama can’t legally be eligible to be President and, or VP! Stop it with RUBIO!
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We need to give the UN the boot. Let them set up shop in one of their Muslim countries. Why support an organization that is anti-American?
My boots are a size 11, I think that will do nicely.
De-fund the U.N. and and move it out of the U.S.
They do not make law in this country. If it comes to that, expect an armed insurrection to restore our Constitutional Republic.
Needs to happen! No one upholds the Oath to defend our Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic. Guess that’s why we still have our 2nd Amendment Right!
True and two wrongs don’t make a right.
Secret deals are in the works to end our 2nd Amendment.Tyranny is all around us.
That time may come soon.
Tyranny may well be all around US, but we have over 360 Million weapons which will arm every man, woman, and child. As Hirohito said in WWII there is an armed American behind every blade of grass! Of course Homeland Security just ordered half a Billion rounds of 9mm hollow points! Get down to WalMart and stock up! Be prepared for the absolute worst! Then the future hopefully will be better than we thought. Who’s gonna protect US and our Constitution from all enemies both foreign and domestic? We The People?
Where are all the Oath Keepers? Keep it!
something should be done about all the west africans using the internet to defraud millions of americans
Make no mistake, obumma is planning on using the united nerdtions as his power base. If you see un troops on American soil, then it WILL be time for armed action. BUT, obumma will do all he can to eliminate all who own weapons and whom would fight for this country, and whom believe in the Constitution- especially the 2nd Ammendment.