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Re: Who controlls the Internet?


From: Marshall Eubanks <tme () americafree tv>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:04:53 -0400


On Jul 25, 2010, at 11:41 PM, Robert West wrote:



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert West [mailto:robert.west () just-micro com]
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 10:56 PM
To: 'Tarig Yassin'
Subject: RE: Who controlls the Internet?

Each individual government seems to control the information the enters or leaves their borders. Do a search for "Internet Censorship Wikileaks". Every government has their own set of morals and standards and politically motivated black list. Certainly the USA wants to swagger and force its will on not only its own people but the entire planet, but they are not alone. Australia, China, North Korea, Germany........ Etc............ All with their own agenda. It would be great if there was ONE entity that controlled content and each country had to abide by their decisions in order to have
access to the backbone but that's only just a dream at this point.

Dream ? That's a nightmare. It would rapidly lead to the worst of both worlds. Internet rules would be made like intellectual property rules, in the dead of night by non-elected government bureaucrats at the behest of corporate lobbyists. Study the history of ACTA if you doubt me.

Regards
Marshall



 The flat
earth that should be the flow of information needs to be demanded by
everyone.

That's my 13 cents worth.

(Inflation sucks)

But who am I but just a thinking and caring animal of this planet?

Bob-



-----Original Message-----
From: Tarig Yassin [mailto:tariq198487 () hotmail com]
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 1:24 PM
To: nanog
Subject: Who controlls the Internet?


Deal all



I want to show you some obstacles that some countries face them every day.



For example when users from Sudan trying to access some web site they will
get a *Forbidden Access Error* message.

And some messages say: you are forbidden to access this web site because your IP address appears form country black listed due to USA government
policy.



I would like to issue a question here, who controls this Internet?




ThanksTarig                                     
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