Oh dear Freepers are in an uproar again. Internet Freedom is under threat.

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I got this info from a freeper relative of mine who is convience that the U.N. Wants to take over the internet so that Russia can charge them a fee.


They sent me a link to the Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577229074023195322.html


Now I seriously doubt this is going to happen but What exactly is the WSJ talking about? Anyone have a link to a "real" article that isn't trying to scare people?

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1. Here's an article from Slate:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/02/22/fcc_commissioner_robert_mcdowell_on_u_n_internet_control_.html

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3. K&R !!!

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4. Thank you for the link. Now maybe I can make heads and tails out of all of this.

[RKP5637]

2. I understand the part about wanting to control the Internet. It's a threat to

authoritarian control. No authoritarian and/or control freak wants the freedom of the Internet. And I really don't think they want nations to be closer together as it undermines their reign.

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5. It is bullshit, the WSJ article is written by an FCC member who is lamenting that the US police

state will lose significant control over the net. The security-state apparatus is using the gullible right-wingers reactionary fear to pull off this psy-op via the trotting out of the same old tired boogeymen: China, Russia, top-down 'big-government', etc.

The only time the US power structure whines about 'too much regulation' is when it is NOT the one doing the regulating. When it is the one doing the regulating (or faux-regulating when it comes to its bankster masters), it is FULL FUCKING STEAM AHEAD.


some good articles:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCCs-McDowell-Stokes-Fears-of-CommieControlled-Internet-118499?nocomment=1

http://blogs.computerworld.com/19768/does_the_un_threaten_internet_freedom

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/02/22/fcc_commissioner_robert_mcdowell_on_u_n_internet_control_.html

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6. Thank you for the articles.

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7. Bio of McDowell -- Bush appointee, reappointed by Obama

http://www.fcc.gov/leadership/robert-mcdowell

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9. thanks for the info

[rurallib]

8. and he just got money from an unknown uncle in Nigeria