Should the USA relinquish "control" of the Internet to the U.N.?

Question

http://www.physorg.com/news6901.html

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2005/051205controlinternet.htm

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/10/17/dont_give_un_control_over_internet/

Answer 1

The U.N., like the ACLU... is obsolete.

It's an organization formed to do something... it did it... and now it's sitting around s******g up everything it touches.

Absolutely NOT

Answer 2

The US controls the internet??

Answer 3

Wow mention the UN and a certain and very paranoid section of  US society absolutely freaks out at the notion of an organised body not directly under their agenda..... if the US has control, yes of course it should relinquish it - the rest of you don't be silly...

Answer 4

NO, No way, No way in h**l!  The United Nations--world socialist--is a joke and we need not only to not relinquish control of anything to it; we need to be out of it and yesterday at that!

Answer 5

I don't think so.  ^_^  Sorry.

The problem with that idea is, in today's United Nations, a lot of nations have a slight *excess* of influence to counter-balance the influence of the United States.  Which in theory is all right, but....

Most of these nations that have that "excess" are either dictatorships, religious kingdoms (like Saudi Arabia), or one-party systems (Russia, China).  Do we want to trust the internet to a bunch of people whose *first, last and only* impulse is to censor, restrict, say "no" and punish?

I mean, yes, the United States is a *mess* these days, no question about it.  But at least *in principle* we support Freedom of Speech and Expression here.  Odds are many, *many* of the more influential (and repressive) nations of the U.N. would not.  Not even *in principle*.

So no thanks.  -_-  Aren't things *bad* enough as it is?  You know, with the harshness of copyright laws (assume everyone's a thief, guilty until proven innocent), and the dying throes of internet neutrality (companies wanting *some* internet information to be favored over others on a paid-for basis)?

Just saying...let's not make a mediocre situation *genuinely bad* here, ok?  ^_^

Answer 6

You'll have to ask Al Gore. He invented it. But he IS a communist, and DOES love the U.N. Carter just called and said to go ahead and give it to them, like the Panama Canal (If it weren't so easy to get back from them shiftless beaners, i'd be pissed about that).

Answer 7

The UN should control as little as possible. They are crooks and thugs.

Answer 8

Personally,  I was born in America,  lived here all my life, and believe that the United Nations " Ain't " what it used to be !!  The majority of the nations really don't like America,  but are afraid to say so because of their debt to us or assistance that we are donating to them.  The United Nations in this patriots opinion is a loser.  God Bless America .......

Answer 9

No. We invented it. We built it. We own it. It is ours to keep. The UN's theft of American assets must be stopped. What they steal from us, the UN will use against us. Most of the UN hates America because we are free, and they are trying to destroy the freedom of the American people.

Answer 10

Heck no, they just want to control our access to free speech. Besides wasn't it one of our august citizens who invented the Intenet; the honorable Al Gore?

Answer 11

No.  But out UN!

Answer 12

did you run out of meds ?the un is not fit to run a garbage service!

Answer 13

Neither the USA nor any other nation "controls" the internet. No one does and no one should.

Answer 14

If Al Gore invented it then we should run it.

Answer 15

Not unless you want the internet to become a politically correct, leftist propaganda tool.

Answer 16

The US should relinquish NOTHING to the UN.  In fact, we should pull out of that worthless, toothless and corrupt body.

Cofy Annan's kids need more ill gotten millions, so maybe we should stay?

Answer 17

No. Did you see what happened in China when Yahoo turned over information on the dissidents to the Chinese Government?

Answer 18

h**l no. I've said it before, and I bet I end up saying it again: NO foreign power will control/change the constitution while I can still pull the trigger and sit in a tree. They want our guns, our freedom of speech, etc. NO alliance of 3rd world countries will dictate the manner in which I live my life while I draw breath.

Answer 19

defiantly not. we are one of there worlds more power full country's. first off pulling out will show that we are not willing to tribute to problems and issues that need to be taken Care of. but also shows that we wish to be in control. we need organization and the u.s. needs to apart of solving our issues.

Answer 20

The US does not control the Internet.  It merely controls the US based internet sites for companies and individuals who live and reside in the United States.  The US has no control over Chinese, Japanese, or EU sites at all.  These countries have control over their own internet users and providers as well.  And the amount of control differs greatly.  The US has less strict controls and regulations over the internet than the Chinese government does.  They actually monitor the sites that you go on, while the US does not.  No one governemnt entity actually controls the whole Internet, just the sites that are based in that specific country.

Answer 21

NO WAY NO HOW

The UN can't even run a good scam.

Remember Oil for Food. Billions of dollars that should have gone to food suppliers went to the friends and family of Kofi Anan and his cohorts.

Answer 22

The US controls the whole internet?

Answer 23

The UN should be abolished.

Answer 24

I read your articles and I still don't think the US, as in the government, "controls" the internet. But to give the any control of anything to the UN in its current configuration is a joke.

Answer 25

nope

Answer 26

We should pull out of the UN since they do nothing but take money and push the liberal agenda.

http://myamericantoday.blogspot.com/

Answer 27

Some other international organization, perhaps.  The UN?  Never.

Answer 28

The Internet was founded by the U.S. Military and the U.S. should never relinquish "control" to the U.N.  Each country has the ability to control the Internet within it's own borders and that's as far as it should go.  Master Blaster!