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FarCenter

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15. Plus any individual country can restrict peering arrangements, limit BGP exchanges, put in firewalls

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #13)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:11 PM

Dec 2012

The notion that the Internet is inherently free and egalitarian is wrong. Large corporations have developed all the tools to operate "intranets" under strict controls and these technologies are available for use by nation states.

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Oh my god, I think hell just froze over [View all] loyalkydem Dec 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #1

+10 RC Dec 2012 #3

Great, but one should not naively assume... DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #2

my thoughts exactly. pepperbear Dec 2012 #9

The US Government already controls the Internet. There's no need to assert anything. jeff47 Dec 2012 #14

+1,000. freshwest Dec 2012 #16

But they will happily pass laws allowing for spying on email. madinmaryland Dec 2012 #4

OF COURSE no "global" regulation radiclib Dec 2012 #5

Exactly my thought. yardwork Dec 2012 #10

the key words here are "united nations" if some republican got into office JI7 Dec 2012 #6

I believe the proper meme is DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #7

This almost makes up for the shit they did and continue to do... SilveryMoon Dec 2012 #8

Certainly something is afoul... Earth_First Dec 2012 #11

It's only because the letters U and N were involved. randome Dec 2012 #12

You shouldn't celebrate too much, this isn't about an unregulated Internet jeff47 Dec 2012 #13

Plus any individual country can restrict peering arrangements, limit BGP exchanges, put in firewalls FarCenter Dec 2012 #15