[liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-12 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
"Experts claim that political and religious websites could disappear if the Federal Government backs a plan to hand control over the internet to the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU). A draft of the proposal, formulated in secret and only recently posted on the ITU website for pub

Re: [liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-12 Thread Ali-Reza Anghaie
My own personal view is the worst thing about this is it won't actually add transparency to any give Nation-State's policies/oppression and it's still not going to stop the tide of attempted Nation-State Intranets. So, at best, it's all the overhead with no benefit. The global situation can evolv

Re: [liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-12 Thread André Rebentisch
Am 12.11.2012 17:12, schrieb Nadim Kobeissi: > "Experts claim that political and religious websites could disappear > if the Federal Government backs a plan to hand control over the > internet to the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU)... > > This sounds pretty bad, I've been hearing

Re: [liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-12 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
Hi André, Have you read the ITU's proposal? Would appreciate your insight. Thanks, NK On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 5:32 PM, André Rebentisch wrote: > Am 12.11.2012 17:12, schrieb Nadim Kobeissi: > > "Experts claim that political and religious websites could disappear > > if the Federal Government

Re: [liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-12 Thread Doug Schuler
I'm a little sorry that I passed this along…. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/technology/debunking-rumors-of-an-internet-takeover.html The absence of a link to the document should have been the tip off. -- Doug On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > Hi André, > Have you read

Re: [liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-13 Thread André Rebentisch
Am 12.11.2012 23:35, schrieb Nadim Kobeissi: > Hi André, > Have you read the ITU's proposal? Would appreciate your insight. > Hi Nadim, it is a pleasure. Public draft, later proposals/submission are made available to ITU subscribers: http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Documents/draft-future-itrs-public