Should the USA relinquish "control" of the Internet to the U.N.?

nope

The US does not control the Internet. It merely controls the US based internet sites for companies and individuals who live and reside in the United States. The US has no control over Chinese, Japanese, or EU sites at all. These countries have control over their own internet users and providers as well. And the amount of control differs greatly. The US has less strict controls and regulations over the internet than the Chinese government does. They actually monitor the sites that you go on, while the US does not. No one governemnt entity actually controls the whole Internet, just the sites that are based in that specific country.

I don't think so. ^_^ Sorry.

The problem with that idea is, in today's United Nations, a lot of nations have a slight *excess* of influence to counter-balance the influence of the United States. Which in theory is all right, but....

Most of these nations that have that "excess" are either dictatorships, religious kingdoms (like Saudi Arabia), or one-party systems (Russia, China). Do we want to trust the internet to a bunch of people whose *first, last and only* impulse is to censor, restrict, say "no" and punish?

I mean, yes, the United States is a *mess* these days, no question about it. But at least *in principle* we support Freedom of Speech and Expression here. Odds are many, *many* of the more influential (and repressive) nations of the U.N. would not. Not even *in principle*.

So no thanks. -_- Aren't things *bad* enough as it is? You know, with the harshness of copyright laws (assume everyone's a thief, guilty until proven innocent), and the dying throes of internet neutrality (companies wanting *some* internet information to be favored over others on a paid-for basis)?

Just saying...let's not make a mediocre situation *genuinely bad* here, ok? ^_^

I read your articles and I still don't think the US, as in the government, "controls" the internet. But to give the any control of anything to the UN in its current configuration is a joke.

Wow mention the UN and a certain and very paranoid section of US society absolutely freaks out at the notion of an organised body not directly under their agenda..... if the US has control, yes of course it should relinquish it - the rest of you don't be silly...

The Internet was founded by the U.S. Military and the U.S. should never relinquish "control" to the U.N. Each country has the ability to control the Internet within it's own borders and that's as far as it should go. Master Blaster!

Personally, I was born in America, lived here all my life, and believe that the United Nations " Ain't " what it used to be !! The majority of the nations really don't like America, but are afraid to say so because of their debt to us or assistance that we are donating to them. The United Nations in this patriots opinion is a loser. God Bless America .......

No. Did you see what happened in China when Yahoo turned over information on the dissidents to the Chinese Government?

Some other international organization, perhaps. The UN? Never.

The US controls the internet??

NO WAY NO HOW

The UN can't even run a good scam.

Remember Oil for Food. Billions of dollars that should have gone to food suppliers went to the friends and family of Kofi Anan and his cohorts.