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NewsWhy the world is arguing over who runs the internetstaffTerrence Dorsey10 Dec '12 - 10:40 
WHO runs the internet? For the past 30 years, pretty much no one. Some governments might call this a bug, but to the engineers who designed the protocols, standards, naming and numbering systems of the internet, it's a feature. The goal was to build a network that could withstand damage and would enable the sharing of information. In that, they clearly succeeded.... But perhaps not for much longer. This week, 2000 people have gathered for the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to discuss, in part, whether they should be in charge.
What's at stake: censorship, surveillance... and money, of course.
GeneralRe: Why the world is arguing over who runs the internetmembercharlieg10 Dec '12 - 11:37 
be afraid...
Charlie Gilley
You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
 
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
 

GeneralRe: Why the world is arguing over who runs the internetmemberPIEBALDconsult10 Dec '12 - 12:37 
Master Blaster run Bartertown.

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