Captain Karnage Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/09/economist-explains-19 I feel that the article shared is the simplest in explanation on this topic guys, this is scarry as fuck, by letting the UN controll the internet we're allowing countries like Russia, China, and Sudai Arabi controll and censor the internet to how they see fit if you aren't terrified, think of this. if someone somewhere in the UN had an issues with serenes (unlikely though) they could easily take this place down and if you live in the EU, they've been considering making it to where you need a special ID to access the web and reserve the right to take away your right to the internet so, farewell free speach and being anomous Even though I never liked him I have to agree with Ted Cruz and the other Republicans, for the internet to be truly free, it must remain in the US hands Giant Asteroid 2k16 Edited September 30, 2016 by Captain Karnage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoshido Noble Red Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 I'll admit, that is a pretty terrifying thought. Unfortunately (at least from my point of view) if and when it happens, we really can't do too much about it. Except maybe stop using it- but we all know that'd be near impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Karnage Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 it's now in hands of the UN RIP old internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Do me a favor and keep your fearmongering to yourself. I'm VERY interested in these sorts of issues, and the best response I can come up with is "meh". The Internet is complicated as fuck, and practices that America deems acceptable is not always acceptable elsewhere (see: Facebook and its many privacy concerns). I think the Internet should be out of any one government's hands, though I'm not sure how well it's going to work if multiple governments have a say in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Yeah, I think that so long as a single country doesn't have control over it, things will be fine. If anything this is better than America having control over it; if America wanted to delete some content, who was going to stop them before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wist Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) Don't worry. The UN will not take over the US's role. And other countries will not gain the power to take down websites. This is actually a good thing. The US Department of Commerce created ICANN in order to globally democratize namespace and address management under a consensus based multistakeholding model. This means no one country manages or controls the Internet. ICANN works well, and with a little fine-tuning along the way has been working well for two decades. So the DoC, having fulfilled its goal, is letting ICANN be run by the multistakeholders who have done so well with it. The DoC isn't giving its power of oversight over ICANN to anyone; it's eliminating them entirely because they're no longer needed. What this means is nothing changes except no one has to worry about the US possibly exercising undue control over ICANN for political reasons. This bolsters trust in ICANN, ensuring democratic governance of the Internet continues. Again, this is a good thing. Edited October 1, 2016 by Wist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I guess there could be a crackdown on free speech on the web, but I think that could happen regardless of who is in nominal control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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