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Sign The Petition For Internet Freedom

by KingArthur
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Sign the petition to keep the Internet in the hands of the United States with the Bill of Rights underpinning it's freedom. Keep it out of the control of the United Nations where dictators can gain control of it. Sign the petition today.

Reject UN Control of the Internet | United Nations, American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ

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The United Nations is pushing to take control of the Internet – with the power to shut down international Internet communications if dictators demand it.
The Internet is an innovation of the United States and has been managed by a U.S. agency. We are fighting to make sure that America continues to manage the Internet; and more importantly, preserve free speech and the free flow of information the Internet provides. Sign our urgent petition today.
Petition to Reject UN Control of the Internet

To: The United Nations
Dictators cannot be the arbiters of the free exchange of information over the Internet. The proposal by Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan – some of whom have turned off the Internet to stop free speech – must be rejected.
  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    The petition is based on incorrect information - it's not the UN trying to gain control nor is the US planning to relinquish control to the UN.

    The news about non-renewal of ICANN was released by the Admin after business hours on a Friday - that used to work to slide something by but doesn't work now in a digital world.

    I don't know enough about it yet to know if it's a good idea or a bad one - but pushing petition that are misleading isn't the way to go. It may be the way go in the future - but I'm not convinced the timing is right.
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    Kay - it's about handing it over to a multinational group. Not sure if it is the UN or not - but if we do so, there is a very distinct possibility that people will be limited or denied use just as some of the countries in the multi-national group they are handing it to currently do in their countries - China for one of them. It's not a joke or a "no big deal" about it. Even Bill Clinton is getting in line protesting this move.

    I assumed that the "new rules" we had to read to get back on the forum were written to safeguard against the give away.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      I know the basics.

      I know we talked about doing this some time ago - I'm not convinced now is the right time. But - point is - it's not the U.N. so the petition is wrong on it's face.

      The idea is to have multiple nations involved and to have a large enough group of countries that no one country can overly influence ICANN.

      To me, this comes under the "if it ain't broke..." rule. It might be a good idea but I think we have to study the ramifications carefully. It's not something that can be undone once done.
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        I know the basics.

        I know we talked about doing this some time ago - I'm not convinced now is the right time. But - point is - it's not the U.N. so the petition is wrong on it's face.

        The idea is to have multiple nations involved and to have a large enough group of countries that no one country can overly influence ICANN.

        To me, this comes under the "if it ain't broke..." rule. It might be a good idea but I think we have to study the ramifications carefully. It's not something that can be undone once done.
        Well, apparently they ARE talking about the UN. It is IMPOSSIBLE to gave this controlled by more than one agency. It is just simple logic, physics, etc.... There can only be ONE main router, or the entire system will break. NO system on the planet will know the new location. It is hardcoded by default in the setup. There must be ONE copy used for a particular session, or problems will occur.

        The current system DOES have different databases for identifying contacts(so Godaddy, enom, etc... would modify those), but there is only ONE company controlling the pointers changed for the domain names you buy. They also point to the registrar databases.

        But yeah, I don't think any UN compliant or non free nation or nation less than 100 years old in mostly its current state, should be allowed to have such control. THE US doesn't even really fully meet those criteria, though it is somewhat free and over 100 years old in mostly its current state. The UKRAINE WOULD have been perfect possibly, but it is less than 100 years old in its current state, so you can see why I made THAT distinction. Within the past 73 years a LOT of countries have changed quite a bit. I guess even Germany fails the test. And HEY, with all the power it could give a country, maybe it would be good for the country to be a super power, or a member of NATO.

        Yeah, maybe it would be good to keep it as is.

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  • Profile picture of the author David Braybrooke
    Let's go a step further and ban the Internet! Then we can start talking to each other face to face again. Enjoy more one on one family time. Get back to basics and real lives.
    Organically lived wholesomeness instead of digital daydreaming!
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    does that include freedom from the fascist dcma?
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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Originally Posted by KingArthur View Post

    Sign the petition to keep the Internet in the hands of the United States with the Bill of Rights underpinning it's freedom. Keep it out of the control of the United Nations where dictators can gain control of it. Sign the petition today.
    What makes you think the internet is currently in the hands of the US?

    As a non-US resident, I'd be just as loath to have the US "control" it, as I would pass control of it to a dictatorship (eg NK).

    It's not in any "nations hands" at the moment, and it should remain that way.

    Or are you one of those American residents who remains blissfully unaware that other nations (besides totalitarian ones) exist?
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    • Profile picture of the author KingArthur
      Okay, now I understand why you think the way you do about this, but really there is not a better option than to keep it under U.S. control for now. I understand the U.S. is drifting away from it's freedom foundation, but I am convinced the American people will bring it back to where it started, and so let us bet on that happening and not cast doubts on this option. The U.N. control of the Internet is not an option.

      Fight the good fight,

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