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Author Topic: ICANN GIVEAWAY AKA U.S.A is giving up it's ownership of the internet  (Read 1155 times)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv1Wo9Eg40k

Watch the whole video, it's pretty interesting. Also /discuss.

now child research in turkey will go over to the US
and now, downloading stuff will be hard as forget, especially for things like online games

Might as well off myself now

« Last Edit: August 20, 2016, 11:55:14 PM by SubDaWoofer »


land of the free

the free ability to trample on our first amendment rights

i'm wondering who the two people were that voted good
« Last Edit: August 20, 2016, 11:59:02 PM by WaterOre »

what the absolute forget
http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/19/america-to-hand-off-internet/

please read this if you think the internet will go to stuff

wow op way to loving fearmonger
« Last Edit: August 21, 2016, 12:07:22 AM by Daswiruch »


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http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/19/america-to-hand-off-internet/

please read this if you think the internet will go to stuff

well, this makes me feel a little better
i still believe that something as vital as root domains for the internet should be kept away from the highest bidder

wow op way to loving fearmonger

Nothing about the OP said anything that was fearmongering. Now yeah the video no doubt was. Thats why I wanted a second opinion about this

http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/19/america-to-hand-off-internet/

please read this if you think the internet will go to stuff


I'm genuinely curious if this will promote net neutrality or put a stake through its heart.

I really hope you're an idiot and believe this propaganda.

Not that it isn't fearsome, uncertain, risky or outright false, but it's not the whole truth.

Remember these numbers:  378 & 25, and 211 & 167.

The bill passed in a Republican-controlled House at 57% majority, 211 Republicans voted for this bill, whereas 167 Democrats voted for it.  That means that the ≈48.5% of Congress that voted in favor was Republican.  The remaining 38% were Democrats.  378 to 25.

Pinning this on the Democrats is a statistical fallacy, since with these numbers, if the House was entirely Republican, the vote would have passed at ≈88.6%, a staggering 38.5% over the needed passing majority!  Pinning this on Obama is also a fallacy, since the bill has not reached the Senate yet.

Furthermore there is no guarantee where any ownership of ICANN will land, so fear-mongering like it is in the video, saying that destruction of the internet by hostile regimes is assured is foolish.  This crap will not happen and "muh rights" will not disappear overnight, even in the next ten years.

If you want to blame anyone, blame your idiot legislators for being disconnected with the will of the people.  Blame the Republican who introduced it and Paul Ryan who chose to suspend procedures and pass it and not allow the remaining 25 representatives from contesting it even a little.

I am no Democrat, but when people pin it on "the other guy" without looking at numbers, it really pisses me off.

In the in there are only a hand full of genuine people in the house anyways.

if you seriously think this will affect your usage of the internet, you have absolutely no idea what ICANN is