[128201] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Who controlls the Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Mon Jul 26 10:00:17 2010
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00:01 -0400
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On Jul 25, 2010, at 11:41 PM, Robert West wrote:
> Each individual government seems to control the information the enters =
or
> leaves their borders.
No, each individual government can have laws restricting information =
entering and leaving their borders.
Few gov'ts actually control said info. The US gov't most certainly does =
not (despite the tin-foil-hat brigades protestations to the contrary).
> Do a search for "Internet Censorship Wikileaks".
> Every government has their own set of morals and standards and =
politically
> motivated black list. Certainly the USA wants to swagger and force =
its will
> on not only its own people but the entire planet, but they are not =
alone.
Nice political blather. What has it got to do on the point at hand. =
(Also, I would be very happy if every gov't on the planet were as open =
with information exchange / lax on information control as the USG is.)
> Australia, China, North Korea, Germany........ Etc............ All =
with
> their own agenda. It would be great if there was ONE entity that =
controlled
> content and each country had to abide by their decisions in order to =
have
> access to the backbone but that's only just a dream at this point. =
The flat
> earth that should be the flow of information needs to be demanded by
> everyone.
I believe someone else explained just how stupid an idea that was. So I =
will just add my voice to the idea that multiple unrelated entities =
running the 'Net is much better than a single, central control.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
