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December 09, 2005
UN Taking Control of INTERNET?
Headlines stated that the US would continue to control it, Accuracy In Media's Cliff Kincaid says a careful reading of articles indicates the UN is getting its fingers into the pie.
It wasn't emphasized that the conference agreed to put U.N. boss Kofi Annan in charge of an "Internet Governance Forum" to decide the future of the World Wide Web.
You had to read to the end of the stories and understand the fine print. For instance, the UPI story noted that the "deal" left the current regime in place but established "two sets of multilateral talks, one focused on oversight and public policy issues, the other on problems like spam, security issues and viruses…" That's U.N. doublespeak designed to conceal what will be going on behind the scenes.
H/t to The Conservative Voice.