90 Miles From Tyranny : House approves resolution to keep Internet control out of UN hands

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

House approves resolution to keep Internet control out of UN hands

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The House on Wednesday unanimously passed a Senate resolution introduced by Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) that calls on the U.S. government to oppose United Nations control of the Internet.
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The 397-0 vote is meant to send a signal to countries meeting at a U.N. conference on telecommunications this week. Participants are meeting to update an international telecom treaty, but critics warn that many countries’ proposals could allow U.N. regulation of the Internet.

2 comments:

  1. Apparently Congress hasn't gone full retard yet...

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  2. We dodged a bullet on the vote for the UN Convention of rights for the disabled. This and the UN Arms Trade Treaty will be even narrower in the best of corcumsta

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