[ALAC] John Kerry Calls For The Internet To Be Placed Under The Authority Of The United Nations

[gbruen at knujon.com]

You're making to many general assumptions about U.S. politicians ;-)


On 5/21/15 8:44 PM, Holly Raiche wrote:
> A big thanks to Evan for clearing this up.  It made no sense for the 
> NTIA to be going in one direction and the US Executive tone going in 
> another
>
> Holly
> On 22 May 2015, at 1:12 am, gbruen at knujon.com 
> <mailto:gbruen at knujon.com> wrote:
>
>> The source is a little odd. If the end-times are a-coming this is the 
>> least of my concerns.
>>
>>
>> On 5/21/15 6:10 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>>> Sorry, but the article is crap.
>>>
>>> Please read Kerry's remarks first-hand 
>>> <http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/05/242553.htm>. The UN 
>>> is mentioned only once in the speech, and in no way related to control.
>>>
>>> Instead, he says:
>>>
>>>     "That’s why we have to be wary of those who claim that the
>>>     system is broken or who advocate replacing it with a more
>>>     centralized arrangement – where governments would have a
>>>     monopoly on the decision-making. That’s dangerous. Now, I don’t
>>>     know what you think, but I am confident that if we were to ask
>>>     any large group of internet users anywhere in the world what
>>>     their preferences are, the option “leave everything to the
>>>     government” would be at the absolute bottom of the list. Because
>>>     of the dynamic nature of this technology, new issues are
>>>     constantly on the horizon – but the multi-stakeholder approach
>>>     remains the fairest and the best, most effective way to be able
>>>     to resolve those challenges."
>>>
>>>
>>> (Thanks to Dan York of the Internet Society for the transcription, 
>>> which was used in the ISOC Skype chat in which the UN claim was 
>>> thoroughly debunked.)
>>>
>>> - Evan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21 May 2015 at 11:42, Ali Almeshal <dralialmeshal at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:dralialmeshal at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     John Kerry Calls For The Internet To Be Placed Under The
>>>     Authority Of The United Nations
>>>
>>>     http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=33147
>>>
>>>
>>>
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