The Government and The Internet

I am not the most politically motivated person, unlike some of the people that I know. I really tend to stay out of politics and very seldom will I pay much attention to political moves. However, I do have my limits.

Since the creation of the Internet, there has always been individuals wanting to have some sort of government regulation on the newly developed mass interconnections between individuals that we call a network. These proposed regulations by these individuals have become of great concern for over the past decade, and will continue to become a concern. The idea that one government should control something as world wide as the Internet is completely mind-busting. Where does it say that the US will control everything the world does? Hell, don't we have enough problems created because of our governments inability to keep their own concerns.

Currently, the US basically controls the Internet DNS (Domain Name Systems). Several nations that are members of the UN want to strip the US of this control and form an international institution to regulate the internet. However, the Bush administration has stated that it would undermine the stability and reliability of the Internet.

The Bush administration not only wishes to control and regulate the Internet itself, but they wish to regulate the Internet Service Provider, ISP, and force them to preserve customer information. However, this will only result in the government's misuse of this information and in turn will be a step in violating customer privacy.

Allowing the government access to this information without any warrants for search/seizure would clearly be a violation of the peoples constitutional rights. This regulation proposed by the Bush administration would allow access to every Internet site that you have visited. Which in turn, can lead to financial information and other personal information that would not be obtainable without warrant.

It is appalling that the US government would even think about violating the constitutional rights of its people. It is my opinion that the US current has to much control over the Internet.

* Based on this little test, apparently I am strongly Libertarian.

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