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Credible threat to the Internet
Chris Woodward - OneNewsNow - 12/23/2011 3:55:00 AM

A free-market advocate says it's no joke that a movement is under way to internationally regulate the Internet.

FCC commissioner Robert McDowell told The Washington Times this week that the United States is unprepared for a fight over whether the Internet will remain free from government regulations or fall increasingly under the control of emerging global powers. Proponents of Internet regulation could dismiss McDowell's warning, as he is currently the only Republican on the Federal Communication Commission and the only opponent to the "net neutrality" order. Still, Seton Motley, president of Less Government and editor-in-chief of StopNetRegulation.org, says it is a very credible threat.

"Next December, there's going to be this international committee that's going to vote to internationally regulate the Internet," he reports. "And some fabulous places like China are looking forward to voting to take over the Internet."

That notion is based on a lie that America is controlling the Internet and making money off the backs of other countries.

"This is a very anti-capitalist message, and they're selling this international regulation of the Internet so that each individual country can charge companies per click or per page impression," Motley explains.

　
The 193 nations that make up the International Telecommunications Union, a U.N. agency, will vote on the issue, and the StopNetRegulation.org president says it appears proponents have over 40 percent of the votes necessary for passage. Meanwhile, Commissioner McDowell has reportedly met with state and commerce officials to discuss the matter, so the Obama administration is not only aware of the vote, but it is in the right position -- just behind the curve.