U.S. Congress Opposes United Nations Internet Treaty
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Well, from what I hear, the main forces pushing for the act are Russia and China, who censor the internet on general principle. While centralizing control of the internet in the US may not be the best arrangement, sharing the keys with those particular governments does not exactly strike me as the best way to avoid censorship.Me55enger said:
The irony is thick with this one, SOPA and PIPA anyone? Seems like they don't want anybody to control the internet unless it happens to be them.
Though I am surprised that they managed to unanimously vote on something for the better. Hopefully they keep this trend up?
Though I am surprised that they managed to unanimously vote on something for the better. Hopefully they keep this trend up?
After SOPA and PIPA I don't really see this as an altruistic action. My guess is that they just want to prevent China, Iran, North Korea (all the censor-happy regimes) from gaining a foothold in controlling the internet before the US government has one.
On the other hand, "unanimous"... When was the last time that happened? The signing of the Declaration of Independence? I have to admit, even with the likely ulterior motives I feel a little proud of my government right now. I think I'll hold off on watching the news today; I want to savor this feeling.
On the other hand, "unanimous"... When was the last time that happened? The signing of the Declaration of Independence? I have to admit, even with the likely ulterior motives I feel a little proud of my government right now. I think I'll hold off on watching the news today; I want to savor this feeling.
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I apologise for all the times I have insinuated that the majority of Congress are simians. Best thing the US has done since WWII.
For the slow of wit, that was comedic exaggeration.
I apologise for all the times I have insinuated that the majority of Congress are simians. Best thing the US has done since WWII.
For the slow of wit, that was comedic exaggeration.
Once again the obvious happens. It was guaranteed to fail for the same reason SOPA/PIPA was guaranteed to fail. No company will want run a service that's completely crippled by government legislation. Every almost all companies and private citizens would shut down their servers rather than deal with broken legislation.
All said this treaty never stood a chance seeing how it needed an unanimous vote from all countries in the U.N. and seeing how the U.S., U.K., Australia, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Brazil and dozens if not hundreds of others were hard set against this it had a snowball's chance in hell of getting approved.
All said this treaty never stood a chance seeing how it needed an unanimous vote from all countries in the U.N. and seeing how the U.S., U.K., Australia, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Brazil and dozens if not hundreds of others were hard set against this it had a snowball's chance in hell of getting approved.
My thoughts, basically.Freezy_Breezy said:
I'd like to have been in the Republicans' heads...Their "Anything Obama is for, we're against" attitude warring with their "The UN is the anti-christ!" shtick.
We have more reasons to be ashamed than proud right about now though. a couple of hours of political news or some looking into provisions for the elderly and disabled makes this sort of trivial by comparison.cricket chirps said:
Though it is good that we have a reason to be proud for a... change.
Politicians from both parties actually agreed on something?
Holy crap! The Mayans were right! These are the end times!
Holy crap! The Mayans were right! These are the end times!
If is not them, then no one. I hate that the US is always there to say "FUCK OFF WE DON'T WANT TO" But having the UN giving away control to each country could have been the worst mistake ever. I guess everyone could foresee some countries getting a complete censorship over their people. And everyone knows that if the US doesn't agree, the UN doesn't do shit.Reaper195 said:
