[Byron_the_Aussie]

...China, South Africa, India and Brazil — the main proponents of wresting control of the Internet from the United States....

He he he.

The thought of people freely exchanging information really sticks in some Leftist craws, doesn't it?

[Hank Rearden]

Well, the Turd World can go invent their own wood-fired version of the Internet, and compete.

Let's see how well it stacks up against the USA-invented version.

[Mo1]

For instance, Klein said, the United States might remove from central databases the domain names for countries deemed sponsors of terrorism, essentially kicking them offline.

He is worried about Terrorists???

[Fledermaus]

If they don't like it - they can invent their own computer networks. We can easily keep them out of ours.

Our way of life is dead. It's become clear the lazy, idiotic, unintelligent, morons of the planet just want what the smarter ones produce without lifting a finger.

Atlas is getting ready to shrug....big time!

[AntiGuv]

...and even set up their own networks within their borders.

An excellent idea! They should do just that and see if it works out for them better than it did for France in the Nineties.

[fqued]

Actually, the USA does NOT control the internet.
the US government has little say in the internet.

There is ONE company in California which assigns domain names. A very small, almost microscopic amount of control

Essentially the rest of the internet is "controlled" by you, me, FR, and ten billion other companies, groups, individuals, organizations, etc.

Sooooo, what are these nations REALLY after? Do they want to take totalitarian control of the internet in order to stifle FREE expression, free enterprise, etc?

Seriously, the only real problem with the internet is that it is essentially un-policed. You can say, do, post what you want with very little government oversight.

[The Wizard]

to damn bad