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Why the UN should not run the Internet

December 14th, 2003 at 10:19 pm by David Farrar

As previously reported, certain countries want the UN to take over governance of parts of the Internet.

There are many reasons this is a bad idea, but the name Robert Mugabe should be enough. In a speech to WSIS he basically compared the Internet to Weapons of Mass Destruction, and said it is used “for peddling propaganda … and misinformation campaigns used to deligitimise just struggles.”

So do you really want Muagbe having a vote on how the Internet is run?

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One Response to “Why the UN should not run the Internet”

  1. ackbar Says:
    December 15th, 2003 at 12:30 am

    Mate, you are the expert on internet issues but as a rule of thumb the UN shouldn’t run a white elephant stand at a garage sale.

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