The United Nations and the Internet-Truth!

Newspaper Article Says There is Discussion About the United Nations Controlling the Internet-Truth!

Summary of the eRumor The eRumor is an email alert from NewsMax.com. It quotes an article written by John Zarocostas for the Washington Times that says there is discussion among some members of the United Nations who would like to see the Internet come under the control of a U.N. Panel.


The Truth We don't know what the chances are of U.N. control of the Internet, but the article cited in his eRumor is a real one. It was published in the Washington Times on November 18, 2003. CLICK HERE for the original article.
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
NewsMax.com ********************************************************** Dear Conservative Friend, In a recent CNSNews.com commentary, Tom DeWeese called the Internet "the only unregulated source of liberty" in a world "already suffocating under the weight of rules and regulations designed to control, tax and consume every outlet of human expression". Well, leave it to the United Nations to hatch a plot to take over the Internet. According to an article in the Washington Times by John Zarocostas, "Governments spearheaded by China, Brazil, India, Russia and Saudi Arabia are trying to place the Internet under the control of the United Nations or its member governments." The issue has cropped up in preparatory talks for a world summit on the information society to be held from Dec. 10 to 12 in Geneva, with the stated goal of "advancing the management and worldwide use of the Internet, especially in poorer nations." Pierre Gagne, executive director of the world summit, has identified control of the Internet as one of two key issues in the talks, adding that control and financial issues "will probably be the last issues to be resolved" at the summit. The Internet, at present, is loosely managed by a private organization in California named the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which coordinates such matters as Internet servers and domain names. Many third world countries would like to hand over that authority to a U.N. agency, such as the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Yoshio Utsumi, secretary-general of the ITU, which will host the December summit, said in an interview that Brazil is "a very strong advocate" of his agency taking over the Internet. China, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Senegal and many other African countries were also "keen" for the United Nations to have a role, he said. Yeah, we just BET he and his UN buddies are "keen" to take over the Internet. Can you imagine? -- UN control over all e-mail -- UN control over all websites -- UN control over all domain names -- UN control over all e-commerce These guys are worse than Dr. Strangelove and Dr. Drakken combined. They really DO want to take over the world! We need to stop them dead in their tracks, NOW! ACTION ITEM: So far, The United States, backed by the European Union, Japan and Canada, has been able to turn back third world efforts to place the Internet under the control of the United Nations or its member governments. But we haven't stopped them -- just slowed them down. In fact, as of today, the participating nations have agreed "to ask U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to set up a working group on Internet governance 'in an open and inclusive process that ensures a mechanism for the full participation of governments, the private sector and civil society... to investigate and make proposals for action, as appropriate, by 2005." This means these UN world-government types are going to pressure everyone for over a year to "take the Internet away" from privately-run ICANN, and put it under control of the UN. And who has the power to stop them? Right now, our one big hope is President Bush. So, we've set up a quick and easy way for you to have your voice heard LOUD and CLEAR on this issue! 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Should we now put an unaccountable, faceless international bureaucracy in control to compound the situation?" Be sure to forward this Alert to everyone you know that wants to keep the UN's grubby little hands OFF of the 'net. If every one reading this bombards the White House with Federal Express letters and demonstrates an outpouring of grassroots support for keeping the Internet UN-free, we can put a STOP to efforts of these international faceless bureaucrats! We'll need a concerted demonstration of solidarity to keep President Bush "on task" with everything else going on. Please send your FedEx letter NOW, before you go on to anything else. For just $9.95, your message will be personalized and sent directly to the White House via FEDERAL EXPRESS. Or, click above to e-mail the President for free. Thank you!