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Can we just call proposals like this: 'double charging' So we'd rewrite this to be: 'US ambassador: Internet double charging proposal gaining momentum'. We al

Can we just call proposals like this: 'double charging' So we'd rewrite this to be: 'US ambassador: Internet double charging proposal gaining momentum'. We all know that we pay for our internet access to websites. Those websites shouldn't be charged again. We should have that fact built into the language we use discussing these issues. I think it's easier to oppose this type of thing when stating the problem states your argument. EDIT: Actually I've just reread the article. This is just FUD being spouted by the US government to scare it's citizens. They want the US to retain control of the internet (which is totally understandable) and are saying bad things will happen if they let the UN take control. It's building a justification for not going along with the rest of the world if all the other countries agrees to something it doesn't like. It's possibly not worth worrying about as long as you live in a country with a competitive telecoms market.

bluedanieru 14y ago
Can you make the case that it's better off under the control of the UN? I'm not too keen on the stewardship of the US especially with regards to copyright, and this "promote a global Internet free from government control" Congressional resolution is double-speak bullshit as they are trying their hardest to do the exact opposite. But I can't say allowing countries like Iran, China, North Korea, etc., any say at all in the functioning of the Internet at a global level sounds any more appealing. Ideally we just need an Internet that is inherently unmanageable at the most basic levels. Wireless (or wireless enough, anyway), distributed DNS, end-to-end encryption, onion routing, etc.
- Evbn 14y ago
  Many millions of people feel the same way about US control of the Internet. Now what?
  - bluedanieru 14y ago
    Devil-you-know. I don't like US control of the Internet either (said as much in my post in fact). But that doesn't mean I think we should hand it over to the UN.

bluedanieru 14y ago

Can you make the case that it's better off under the control of the UN? I'm not too keen on the stewardship of the US especially with regards to copyright, and this "promote a global Internet free from government control" Congressional resolution is double-speak bullshit as they are trying their hardest to do the exact opposite. But I can't say allowing countries like Iran, China, North Korea, etc., any say at all in the functioning of the Internet at a global level sounds any more appealing. Ideally we just need an Internet that is inherently unmanageable at the most basic levels. Wireless (or wireless enough, anyway), distributed DNS, end-to-end encryption, onion routing, etc.

Evbn 14y ago
Many millions of people feel the same way about US control of the Internet. Now what?
- bluedanieru 14y ago
  Devil-you-know. I don't like US control of the Internet either (said as much in my post in fact). But that doesn't mean I think we should hand it over to the UN.