We Need This Like We Need a Hole in the Head

The U.N. thinks about tomorrow's cyberspace by Declan McCullagh

In a series of speeches over the last year, Zhao has suggested that the ITU could become involved in everything from security and spam to managing how Internet Protocol addresses are assigned. The ITU also is looking into some aspects of voice over Internet Protocol--VoIP--communications, another potential area for expansion.

"Countering spam is just one of many elements of protecting the Internet that include availability during emergencies and supporting public safety and law enforcement officials," Zhao wrote in December. Also, he wrote, the ITU "would take care of other work, such as work on Internet exchange points, Internet interconnection charging regimes, and methods to provide authenticated directories that meet national privacy regimes."

Via Instapundit, who titles it, U.N.'S AMBITION TO REGULATE THE INTERNET. Surely it's also of interest that Houlin Zhao 赵厚麟, the official who wants to get his grubby hands on the internet is from China, a country that loves to interfere in its people's internal affairs, all the while complaining when other countries are interfere in its internal affairs when they complain about the lack of human rights in China.