Selling ICANN . kick up a storm over this.

[Harbringe]

This cannot be allowed . Watch the video.

 

 

 

The video doesn't address in a proper way why this should remain as it is , so dont be put off by its Pax Americana approach .

 

The US is the only nation in the world that has freedom of speech specifically laid out in its Constitution , so when it comes to ICANN its on that basis that it operates . And because of this having the US be the provider for it allows any US citizen to challenge any rules and regulations that someone may try to place on how it operates. Basically if any rule/change impinges on free speech it can be stopped by normal citizens . And for the rest of us around the planet that protection allows us to at least get the first phase of how the internet works on an open basis , only those living in countries that routinely censor the internet dont get that , but its secondary in effect . If you give ICANN to someone who doesn't have freedom of speech as a core value of their society then it can be curtailed on a primary level , on an architectural level.

If they give it to the UN that has to take into account the wishes of say a country like Saudi Arabia , China , Russia or worse yet just sell it to some private Chinese company then the ability to challenge anything on how the internet functions is simply gone , not just for US citizens but everyone.

 

Look many can attest to the many times I speak out against the things America does , but on this issue its just way better to leave something like this in American hands , not because I trust them but because they already have Constitutional laws that lend to protecting how the internet functions and if someone tries to mess with it , normal people can rise up and say hell no. If we lose that ability then 5 years from now we will be losing a whole lot more.