WSIS to Consider Internet Governance Under U.N.

penciling_in writes "The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) starting next week in Geneva is expected to attract more than 50 heads of state and 6,000 delegates who will address issues from the digital divide to Internet governance. It will be addressing the broad range of themes concerning the Information Society and adoption of a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action, which reportedly includes a recommendation to place the governance of the Internet under the United Nations. In response to issues leading up to this event, CircleID has been running a number of articles including Karl Auerbach's piece, 'Will ICANN Reveal Its True Self To WSIS?' and an extensive Interview (Part I | Part II) by Geert Lovink with Milton Mueller, author of 'Ruling the Root', one of the first detailed investigations into the Internet domain name policies." There's a Reuters story on this conference.

Why not go totally p2p?

[bizcoach]

It'd be better to create an internet which is totally a p2p system and hence doesn't need anyone to be in charge of it.

poop

[webtre]

ok people, nothing to see here, go back to ranting about SCO...

bureaucracy at its finest

[Anonymous Coward]

Would it take 13 years and 12 resolutions to kick a spammer of the internet?

Re:Geneva

[Lothar+0]

Traditional Swiss neutrality, the chocolate, and Martina Hingis [sportandgirls.com] (nsfw).

As part Swiss, I can say it ain't for the yodeling. ;P

Hmm

[bravehamster]

Guess we'll just have to take the long way around any pastel blue routers we find.

Re:Oh Great!

[isfuglen]

...and Nigerian in charge of "Spam Control," of course.

Us Geeks Must Suck

[tds67]

From the Reuters article:

Incubated in a geeky part of the U.S. Department of Defense decades ago, the Internet has become a thriving global marketplace since being fully turned over to the private business community in the early 1990s.

So the Internet didn't take off until Big Business wrested control of it from the Geeky Nerds? Let's hear it for Corporate America! Woo-hoo! Slap another software patent on the barbeque and pass me a Coca-Cola (and please, no free beer).

omfg

[Anonymous Coward]

what happen?
somebody set up us the bomb!

Short Answer

[Angram]

" The New World Order conspiracy theory states the UN is an evil organization who's soul purpose is total world domination and eradication of freedom... Coincidence?"

Yes.

Cyber Peacekeepers?

[Anonymous Coward]

So if the Internet falls under the control of the UN, does that mean they will send in Cyber Peacekeepers to stop spammers, virus makers, music downloaders, and those that refuse to follow the Slashdot way of life?

Re:Bullshit

[l-ascorbic]

I defer to The Onion in this matter. [theonion.com]