Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Oct 2005 11:36 UTC
A new resolution introduced in the US Senate offers political backing to the Bush administration by slamming a United Nations effort to exert more influence over the Internet. At the heart of this international political spat is the unique influence that the US federal government enjoys over Internet addresses and the master database of top-level domain names - a legacy of the Internet's origins years ago. The Bush administration recently raised objections to the proposed addition of .xxx as a red-light district for pornographers, for instance, a veto power that no other government is able to wield.
Thread beginning with comment 48028
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Member since:
To those whinning because they can't have what we invented and do have, do you realize that if your goverments did get control that it would cost YOU? You do know that the UN has had a hard-on for years for putting taxes on the Internet, don't you? Are you really that anxious to pay money to use what is currently free?
Please, feel free to start your own Internet, and disconnect the US from it. That way, when you send out an email and you have to pay for it, and when you cannot read websites due to it being censored, sit there and be thankfull that at least you can go to .xxx and get your porn.