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"The US Senate today strongly indicated how unwilling it is to allow for United Nations (UN) control of the Internet. The Senate\u00A0Foreign Relations Committee voted as one on a resolution in\u00A0opposition to the idea.\r\n\r\nIf this excercise sounds familiar, it should be. In early August the House, the lower chamber of the US Congress, voted and passed a resolution that, to quote the National Journal, &amp;quot;aimed at preventing any efforts to hand the United Nations more power to oversee the Internet.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAccording to The Hill, the timing of the full vote in the Senate isn't yet set, but its sponsor Senator Marco Rubio, hopes that it passes with unanimous support.\r\n\r\nTo that end. Mr. Rubio took to the pages of Politico two days ago, tying a free Internet to the advancement of other freedoms:\r\nWe need to protect fundamental Internet freedoms in the hope that greater connectivity will help bring greater prosperity to people around the world while helping the oppressed achieve what the Arab Spring achieved for the people in the Middle East and North Africa.\r\nThis issue is one that should find an easy path to passage and the President's signature.\r\n\r\nWhy might it be a rough deal if the United Nations ran the Internet? There have been repeated and strident calls for international blasphemy laws in the halls of the UN. Combine that with control of the Internet and your freedom of expression online just went kaput.\r\n\r\nHappily, the United States appears set to shout a resounding 'no' at both\u00A0propositions.\r\n\r\nTop Image Credit:\u00A0Andrew Malone"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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