On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution to fight giving power to the United Nations over the internet:
Proposals to give the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) more control over the governance of the Internet could come up at a conference in Dubai in December. The move is reportedly backed by China, Russia, Brazil, India and other U.N. members.
“Today’s unanimous vote sends a clear and unmistakable message: the American people want to keep the Internet free from government control and prevent Russia, China and other nations from succeeding in giving the U.N. unprecedented power over Web content and infrastructure,” said Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), who sponsored the resolution. “We cannot let this happen.”
The proposals could give the U.N. more control over cybersecurity, data privacy, technical standards and the Web’s address system. They could also allow foreign, government-owned Internet providers to charge extra for international traffic and allow for more price controls.
One more attempt for Globalism.
Obama’s administration is making noise like it will support this. Time will tell.
BZ
This one has pretty much slipped under the radar… Interesting…
The push for this will continue, it has not stopped with this, trust me.
BZ
Bloggers have been covering this for a long time, it’s not new, just flying under the radar mostly…
Obama and FIGHT, there’s words that don’t go together, unless you mean fight America with his Muslim buddies…
As you point out, I’ll believe the “fight” when I see it.
BZ
Maybe after this election we will have enough votes to defund our contribution to the UN entirely. Next step, no diplomatic immunity for any UN passport holder.