Internet Freedom Endangered

Not only has the 57 member OIC hijacked the UN and its agenda, they are now set to take control of the internet. We have the Obama administration to thank for this as it is all too willing to surrender America’s sovereignty, freedom and very way of life to the jihadists, terror states and dictatorships around the world. He is obsessed with redistributing our wealth and our power as well. All nations of the world cannot be treated equally and be allowed to have an equal say in international affairs since certain nations are not morally equivalent to America and the west. This is the danger of the liberal mindset.

Atlas Shrugs:

Islamic Supremacists Target a Takeover of the Internet


Back in October 2009, I warned of a seismic transformation in internet regulation and free speech. Under the transnational-happy Obama administration, the US relinquished control of the net. ICANN ended its agreement with the US government. The move gave the Organization of Islamic Conference and other nations a prominent internet role. They couldn’t accomplish this under Bush (see July 2005 Atlas post).

John Bolton said at an appearance at Duke University at the time, “it’s not American strength that’s provocative, it’s American weakness.”

Why should the US relinquish control of its own invention? It was our extraordinary gift to the world …………… and like some depraved drunk, we tossed it away and relinquished control to the vultures and destroyers. We kept it free.

If not America, who? The new agreement gave other countries (dictatorships and rogue nations) and the UN the ability to set internet use policies. At the time, I wrote, “watch for Sharia law to find its way into this.”

Well, that didn’t take long.

Flashback 10/09:

After complaints about American dominance of the internet and growing disquiet in some parts of the world, Washington has said it will relinquish some control over the way the network is run and allow foreign governments more of a say in the future of the system.

Icann – the official body that ultimately controls the development of the internet thanks to its oversight of web addresses such as .com, .net and .org – said today that it was ending its agreement with the US government.

The deal, part of a contract negotiated with the US department of commerce, effectively pushes California-based Icann towards a new status as an international body with greater representation from companies and governments around the globe.

Icann had previously been operating under the auspices of the American government, which had control of the net thanks to its initial role in developing the underlying technologies used for connecting computers together.

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