Who controlls the Internet?

[bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com (bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com)]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 08:24:27PM +0300, Tarig Yassin wrote:
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> I want to show you some obstacles that some countries face them every day.
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> For example when users from Sudan trying to access some web site they will get a *Forbidden Access Error* message.
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> And some messages say: you are forbidden to access this web site because your IP address appears form country black listed due to USA government policy.

	thats a nice, vague, and non-supportable message that is phrased to generate
	anger.  which web sites, what web proxies, and which orgin IP addresses are in question
	here?
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> I would like to issue a question here, who controls this Internet?

	the brief answer is - lots of people. ISPs, Telecoms companies, Government censors
	and regulators, your content providers, access providers (the Internet cafe), and your
	parents.

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> ThanksTarig 		 	   		  
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