Just a reminder…

These are the types of people who want to wrest control of the internet away from the US. If you’re for that sort of thing, you may want to reconsider:

PARIS (Reuters) – [tag]Tunisia[/tag] refused entry to the chief of [tag]media[/tag] watchdog [tag]Reporters Without Borders[/tag] (RSF) on Thursday when he arrived for a U.N. summit at which journalists have been harassed, the Paris-based organization said.

Several European journalists covering the [tag]World Summit on the Information Society[/tag] — a [tag]U.N.[/tag] conference on the [tag]Internet[/tag] — have been intimidated, questioned or prevented from attending public meetings, other reporters have said.

“I wasn’t even able to get off the plane,” RSF chief Robert Menard told Europe 1 radio. “Just after the plane stopped, I was told to remain seated and to wait until everyone had disembarked.

“At that point, a policeman, who must have been a Tunisian policeman, came and told me that I wasn’t allowed on Tunisian territory. He explained to me that I did not have authorization to take part in the summit.”

Source: Yahoo

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  • http://www.americandaughter.com American Daughter

    This is a subject that alarms me as much as Terri’s fight and the effort to stop the ACLU from destroying our national identity. I think a “Save the Internet” blog coalition is needed if there isn’t one already.

    Since it started as DARPA-net (and was developed by our military Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) the American taxpayers footed the bill. Now those socialistic Europeans want to take it over.

    We pay, and everyone gets to play. You’d think that would be enough.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    I don’t care so much about Europe, but it’s also Iran and China that want in. Those are the countries that scare me. :shock:

  • http://www.americandaughter.com/ American Daughter

    This is a subject that alarms me as much as Terri’s fight and the effort to stop the ACLU from destroying our national identity. I think a “Save the Internet” blog coalition is needed if there isn’t one already.

    Since it started as DARPA-net (and was developed by our military Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) the American taxpayers footed the bill. Now those socialistic Europeans want to take it over.

    We pay, and everyone gets to play. You’d think that would be enough.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    I don’t care so much about Europe, but it’s also Iran and China that want in. Those are the countries that scare me. :shock: