ITU: Hands off our Internet! They Want To ██████‏ The Internet.

Worse. The UN is trying to export the China Model of government and population control to the Western World. Simple as that. You notice that the UN is not trying to elevate the access of a billion + folks in China, rather they are trying to take us in the Western World and restrict our access to mimic more like what the Politburo of China does.

The western oligarchs behind the scenes that actually run the world and funded and put Mao in place want that too. Get us back into serfdom. The internet can start revolutions against authoritarian regimes - we can't have that now, can we? Not if the UN (funded and created and still run by the oligarchs I referenced) wants to achieve its goal of One World Government.

Can't have one world government if you cannot extend power over us Citizens and our communications with each other.

Hi,

Excuse my apparent apathy but totalitarian movements don't tend to be brought down by petitions.

If you really want to make a difference, there are ways, but they (generally) can't be spoken. Passive, non-violent 'disobedience' and self education are a good starting point.

It's up to you to explore and enact on them if that is your wish, but I'm just pointing out that you can't fight a forest fire with a thimble of water because that's precisely where they'd like you to expend your anger and energy. Don't take the bait.

Is it just internet freedom that you're concerned about, or is it also the other 1001 assaults on your pretend liberty that are happening today as well?

Really? Go to China and try to surf the sites you surf from your home up to the north of me and say the same thing. You think the Politburo of China lacks a kill switch for when their next Tianemem Square occurs? You think if you live in China you can go to youtube and watch a video of that cat with the ginormous brass balls standing in front of that tank in the Square? Have you not been listening to people in the governments of the western world, like the US, like the UK, etc., that are talking about a 'cut-off' switch? About the POTUS talking about Internet ID's?

I think real world evidence we can all see counters your nonchalance about this effectively.

Make no mistake that what power may not exist in the western world to shut down the net is desperately being sought by our governments. Listen to them tell you this, not me. Google can help facilitate them telling you this, to hear it straight from the horses mouth instead of mine. But, they can already shut it down if they want - they just don't think we will tolerate it without revolt.

Would you and I tolerate it? No.

But we don't have the guns, do we? The governments do ...

My government, a government who's power is restrained by things like The Bill of Rights, already eavesdrops and monitors every single letter I type and send on the net. My government is reading this post, spying on me, collecting and storing data. The NSA is intertwined with the net and has been since its inception. Companies like AT&T have been complicit in these issues.

Any opposition comes from select members of government, not the whole of the government.

1984 ain't no joke - it just hasn't been fully rolled out yet.

seriousjake

So sayeth the uninformed and unstudied. Years ago, my response probably would have been more harsh than yours in implying 'ridiculousness'. I ain't talking about an apocalypse jake, nor paranoia. I am talking about behind the scenes power structures that have been in place for centuries.

I took a step back at one point and really studied the history of the power structure of our world. It was eye opening to say the least. Make no mistake that those in charge, the oligarchical families and institutions that have been in power for centuries, count on people like you. They count on you both to ignore the reality of how our world operates, and has been, continuously, for centuries upon centuries, and to dismiss knuckleheads like me as 'paranoid' and 'crazy' when I spread the truth.

I encourage you to research the things about which I speak with an open mind ... you might just scare the hell out of yourself and go through a bit of an awakening about the reality of the world in which we live.

You might suggest me crazy if I tell you that The Wizard of Oz is actually a book on political commentary, not a cute little story about a girl from Kansas. Oz - abbreviation for ounce. The whole story, the yellow brick road (gold) is about the gold standard and the arguments of the time about backing our money with silver instead of gold.

And the Wizard behind the curtain? Why was that part of the story, the political commentary? Well, people have understood how the world really works long before I was born. People have known for centuries about the curtain. It has been written about and talked about for a long, long time. I know the curtain exists and people are behind it. You however, deny the existence of such a curtain. It ain't that hard to see jake, you just gotta open your eyes and look for it. That's the easy part. The difficulty comes from trying to figure out who is behind the curtain.

To combat this kind of stuff effectively, stuff like Internet Censorship by government and governmental bodies like the UN, one needs understand its source. Where these notions come from and who is pushing them.

Precisely which governments are opposed to governmental regulation and control of the net? More regulations are passed every year on internet usage. Try being an Amazon Affliate in Colorado. You can't 'cause of governmental control over what happens between myself and another consenting, private party online.