After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish control of the internet to a coalition of governments
Kieren McCarthy
Thursday October 6, 2005
The Guardian
You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the internet to be a grand affair - a big stage, spotlights, media scrums and a charismatic frontman working the crowd.
But unless you knew where he was sitting, all you got was David Hendon's slightly apprehensive voice through a beige plastic earbox. The words were calm, measured and unexciting, but their implications will be felt for generations to come.
Hendon is the Department for Trade and Industry's director of business relations and was in Geneva representing the UK government and European Union at the third and final preparatory meeting for next month's World Summit on the Information Society. He had just announced a political coup over the running of the internet.
Old allies in world politics, representatives from the UK and US sat just feet away from each other, but all looked straight ahead as Hendon explained the EU had decided to end the US government's unilateral control of the internet and put in place a new body that would now run this revolutionary communications medium.
The issue of who should control the net had proved an extremely divisive issue, and for 11 days the world's governments traded blows. For the vast majority of people who use the internet, the only real concern is getting on it. But with the internet now essential to countries' basic infrastructure - Brazil relies on it for 90% of its tax collection - the question of who has control has become critical.
A number of countries represented in Geneva, including Brazil, China, Cuba, Iran and several African states, insisted the US give up control, but it refused. The meeting "was going nowhere", Hendon says, and so the EU took a bold step and proposed two stark changes: a new forum that would decide public policy, and a "cooperation model" comprising governments that would be in overall charge.
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This is it people!
99% of what’s on the Internet is 100% in at LEAST one nation!
However, it was able to exist largely because of US control and US hosting.
Now the EU and UN want to takeover the Internet!
Among the nations that will have their hands on the net are China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, and many many nations.
ALL these nations oppress freedom in some form!
In Saudi Arabia you can be jailed for preaching Christianity or watching porn.
In Germany, Austria, and France you can be jailed for denying the holocaust or doing a “Nazi salute†(which is actually a Roman salute).
In France you can go to jail for simple possession of Nazi era stamps.
In China you can go to jail just for mentioning the word “democracyâ€.
And there’s many MANY more examples! You’re talking about the crappiest TURD world nations getting their filthy hands on the net! Cuba, Africa, Syria! There’s no limits!
