US government favors government regulation and control of the Internet?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Geronimo
Ozzykp's thread was about EU opposition to the status quo while this thread and the cnn article linked were about the US government reneging on a promise to remove government involvment in the infrastructure of the net.

They are both sides of the same coin. US wants to retain control. EU wants less US control.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Joseph
A group of IBM employees invented it while working on a Government Contract for the US Military. So the US Gov. ownes it.

The internet may belong to the US but the Web belongs to Europe