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Monday, December 08, 2003

U.N. control of Web rejected

"GENEVA - The United States, backed by the European Union, Japan and Canada, has turned back a bid by developing nations to place the Internet under the control of the United Nations or its member governments." "The draft declaration to be issued at the end of the conference Friday also includes strong references to freedom of the press and freedom of information online, despite protests by Vietnam and China, which pushed for more restrictions."

In other words, the commies wanted to limit freedom, how novel.