UN vying for Internet control

Wednesday, 16 November 2005

We all lose on this one… The UN would like to tax the Internet, control it, yada yada… the usual power grabbing stuff. My favorite quote from the article:

“Since the Internet’s infancy the UN has crafted detailed proposals to tax online traffic. Rasmussen calculates that one 1999 plan for a “bit tax,” adjusted for today’s number of Internet users, would raise 12 trillion dollars this year – roughly equal to America’s Gross Domestic Product.”

Well, as soon as I have to pay more than an access fee… such as to an ISP… I quit.

Study Predicts Political, Economic Turmoil If UN’s Internet Governance Schemes Succeed