Online censorship in the USA
Internationally the word is spreading about the US Online censorship
on Youtube, Facebook and government like this article from theNewYork Times
The blacklist of sites associated with Cuba in OFAC
He is right to the New York Times described as "scandalous" the American decision to apply on the Internet, for any country, regulations whose legality is not based even in the territory of the United States. It is an excellent note, but leaves outside elements essential information that would help explain why the censorship of sites whose names bear the suffix. Com, the most widely used in the Network of Networks, is just the tip of the iceberg of aggression wider against Cuba and against the global Internet.
How many domain names. Com linked to Cuba appear on the blacklist Treasury Department's American?
Revised patiently Asian blacklisted by OFAC review 557 companies "cursed" around the globe and 3719 domains. Com that has been blocked on the Net without any prior notice to their owners. In order to have an idea of what that means simply look at the most recent report of domain registrations in Latin America (www.latinoamericann.org). Here is reported that Cuba has 1434 sites with the domain. Cu. In other words, the United States has blocked almost three times more sites that everyone who has registered the island under the generic our country.
Who's eNom, the company that blocked sites Mr Marshall?
The company eNom Inc.. Is the second largest domain registrar in the world accredited by ICANN (acronym in English Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), a supposedly independent organization under which Network orders. ICANN appoints the names and numbers domain, the equivalent of the postal districts on the Internet.
Can the United States to block all?
This is a new proof that the United States not only controls the access of its citizens in cyberspace, but to all users of the global Internet. Although abounds great libertarian rhetoric on the Network of Networks worldwide, ICANN depends on the Department of Commerce of the United States and American laws, and so much so that without chistar has violated its own statutes. Supposedly, all his speeches on the Net are of a technical nature and can not censor sites or combat or support any legislation or policy. For any claim on property rights, it should bring it to international arbitration. However, eNom attached to this corporation and with the same functions, not just underwent a decision by the American government to violate the laws of other countries, but it did not even notify the companies and persons injured as well notes The New York Times. The fact proves that the United States controls the main international and servers can block in practice everything that you want on the network, without even the pretext of a terrorist attack.
What Law wields the United States government to violate the sovereignty of our country and that of all the nations of the world in the area of the Internet?
The so-called Torricelli Act or Authorization Act and national defense for fiscal year 1992, which authorized connecting the island to the Internet, via satellite, with the condition that each megabyte (range connection speed) should be hired to American companies or their subsidiaries and approved by the Treasury Department. Established limit and decided that hiring extra sanctions-fines of 50000 dollars for each violation-for those who encourage, inside or outside the US, e-business or the slightest economic benefit of the island. This has been implemented rigorously and gradually OFAC has expanded its blacklist until delirium just discovering the American daily. Incidentally, this Office maintains more officers on staff devoted to monitoring the citizens of this world who travel or send money to Cuba, to pursue transactions suspected of financing terrorism in US In April 2004, OFAC informed Congress that of its 120 employees, four were assigned to track the finances of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, while almost two dozen were held to strengthen the blockade against Cuba. They admitted that they used the Internet as a primary source to follow the tracks of money.
What can be done?
The WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) provides that any person in the world can file a lawsuit related to a domain name registered under. Com,. Net and. Org. According to Article 4 of the ICANN policy, it could lead to international arbitration cases of abusive registration of a domain name or censure it, circumstances prove to be in the Statement of Claim. Well, thanks to this note from The New York Times and the views of specialists who consulted its reporter, there are 3719 possible censorship demands by the United States in sight. Who starts?
