Who controlls the Internet?

Mon Jul 26 07:04:53 UTC 2010

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

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert West [mailto:robert.west at just-micro.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 10:56 PM
> To: 'Tarig Yassin'
> Subject: RE: Who controlls the Internet?
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> 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-
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tarig Yassin [mailto:tariq198487 at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 1:24 PM
> To: nanog
> Subject: Who controlls the Internet?
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>
> Deal all
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> I want to show you some obstacles that some countries face them  
> every day.
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> For example when users from Sudan trying to access some web site  
> they will
> get a *Forbidden Access Error* message.
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> 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.
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> I would like to issue a question here, who controls this Internet?
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> ThanksTarig 		 	   		
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