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It seems to me like this article confuses one member country proposing something as that proposal being accepted. Members at a meeting are free to propose all s
by brown9-2 14y ago
It seems to me like this article confuses one member country proposing something as that proposal being accepted. Members at a meeting are free to propose all sorts of wacky stuff - that is why they are meeting to discuss the merits of the proposals.
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China is proposing "to give countries authority over the information and communication infrastructure within their state"
Isn't this already the case? Who has authority for communication infrastructure within a country if not the government of that country? Or is the insinuation that the government would seize ownership of the infrastructure?
- sageikosa 14y agoWhat constitutes information infrastructure? And what does "within the state" mean? Available, hosted, owned by operators living within?
- wmf 14y agoIsn't this already the case? Who has authority for communication infrastructure within a country if not the government of that country? Basically. A lot of people have been pretending that the Internet (even the part inside your country) is exempt from all laws... because it's the Internet.
- dhughes 14y agoNot every country has the same laws as every other country.
- wmf 14y agoObviously, so different things will break in different countries.
- snowwrestler 14y agoBut every country has laws, and the Internet is not exempt just because we want it to be.