In an effort to test our comments and archive issues, I am posting the below . . . these issues should be resolved shortly.
Vnunet.com reports that Iran and China back the EU's efforts to gain more control of Internet management from the US' Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The money quote, from Emily Taylor of the UK's domain registry Nominet: "The problem is that a number of EU states want greater control. This proposal was applauded by Iran and China and provoked a sharp reaction from the US." Who could argue with a proposal backed by those bastions of liberty, tolerance and free speech, China and Iran? Let's hope that reason prevails and the old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" takes hold before the upcoming UN "World Summit on the Information Society" to be held in, of all places, Tunis (showing, yet again, the incredibly bad decisions eminating from the UN).