Internet Perceived As A Threat By Government(s)
Anytime people gather to discuss the shortcomings or “over comings” of their governments, those governments feel threatened. In the world of the 21st century, the Internet is akin to a global town hall. And that makes the Internet a HUGE threat to governments, everywhere. They know it — and they hate it. Enter the UN. “A gathering of United Nations diplomats overseas has some in the U.S. worried about a potential takeover of the Internet by foreign powers – with others claiming such fears are wildly over hyped.
The obscure branch of the U.N. at issue is the International Telecommunication Union, whose 193 member states include the U.S. and which was convening this week in Geneva. The ostensible purpose of the conference is to seek consensus for an updating of the last set of international telecom regulations, known as ITRs, which were issued in 1988.” (SOURCE)
Ok. So … why is this a concern? Well, let’s go back to the story from Fox News: “…Robert McDowell, a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, has been warning that the conference is a moment of great peril for industrialized and Third World countries alike. In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and a subsequent interview with Fox Business, McDowell accused the so-called “BRIC” countries – Brazil, Russia, India, and China – and their allies among developing nations of trying to seize the moment to strengthen international regulation of the Internet. Such a development, McDowell claimed, would imperil the Web’s historic role as an outlet for free expression and economic growth.”
If you are thinking that the statement by the FCC commissioner is really mind-boggling coming, as it is, from a member of an agency of the Obama Regime, then don’t. Take a breath. You see, Commissioner McDowell is a George Bush appointee to the FCC.
Harold
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Public knowledge and education has always bee a threat to government.