Why China shouldn’t have a say in internet governance

Monday, October 31st, 2005

If you’re a freqent reader of DomainNameWire you know that I think the US should retain control of the internet and its naming system. I particularly fear China having a say in how the internet is governed given its position on free speech.

Here’s a case in point. China keeps managing to close down a blog by a critic of the current communist regime. Wang Yi’s Microphone has changed domain names many times in an attempt to avoid blockage but the Chinese governement keeps finding ways to block him. Read more here.

Further Reading:

  1. Is Paris a Model for New Internet Governance? Let’s Hope Not.
  2. How Long Until China Confiscates Google.Cn Domain Name?
  3. US should retain control of internet

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  1. Domain Name Wire » Blog Archive » .CN domain passes 1 million mark - News and Views for the Domain Name Industry
    January 11th, 2006 | 5:14 pm

    [...] e .CN domain per 1200 people in China. Now if we could just get the Chinese government to stop censoring web sites. Also keep in mind that if y [...]

  2. Domain Name Wire » Blog Archive » Survey: Do not hand control of internet to international body - News and Views for the Domain Name Industry
    February 24th, 2006 | 4:06 pm

    [...] slow innovation to the pace of a turtle (witness the United Nations). Others worry about giving China any say in how the internet is operated. [...]

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