Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 16th Nov 2005 18:35 UTC
The Bush administration and its critics at a UN summit have inked a broad agreement on global Internet management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week. By signing the statement (.pdf), the Bush administration formally endorsed the creation of an 'Internet Governance Forum' that will meet for the first time in 2006 under the auspices of the UN. The forum is meant to be a central point for global discussions of everything from computer security and online crime to spam and other 'misuses of the Internet.' What the agreement does not do is require the US to relinquish its unique influence over the Internet's operations.
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2005-07-02
What about Canada? What about the UK? What about France? What about Italy?
Why is it that, when the average U,S. apologist thinks "international community", the first countries that come to its mind are the ones that abuse human rights, and never those who work as hard as the U.S. to protect them? As if anything outside of U.S. borders was automatically bad...
That attitude, among other things, is what makes people pissed off at the U.S.