Internet Should Remain Under Western Oversight and Not Go to an International Authority: They’ll Kill Free Speech on the Internet

One month remains before control of internet addresses shifts over to an international organization under the control of the United Nations.

Given the fact that the U.N. is being lobbied by Muslim countries to ban forms of expression that insults their religion, the U.N. cannot be counted on  to safeguard free speech online.

Western countries should work to make sure that the Dubai conference next month, sponsored by the International Telecommunications Union and sanctioned by the U.N., that they do not get control of the Internet.  This idea needs to be permanently derailed.

The ITU says there are no motions on the table to ban free speech, but how long can it be before one is?

It’s better to have the U.N. keeps its hands off the Internet.  

The U.N. dedication to free speech is only as strong as the member states’ dedication to free speech is.  And with many nations on earth locking up their own citizens for expressing their views, that’s a highly dubious proposition.

The Dubai conference should be cancelled and the UN and ITU told where to go.  If they don’t like it, they can start their own Internet and censor that!