2. “the Chinese model”: Ibid.
3. “Putin commended”: Josh Peterson, “Lawmakers move to reject proposals for U.N. Internet regulation, www.dailycaller.com, May 31, 2012, http://test.dailycaller.com/2012/05/31/lawmakers-move-to-reject-proposals-for-u-n-internet- regulation/.
4. “if we are going”: Patrick Goodenough, “Internet Regulation Returns to the International Agenda, www.cnsnews.com, May 29, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/internet-regulation-returns-international-agenda.
5. Toure, a native: “Hamadoun Toure,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadoun_Toure%C3%A9.
6. “while many US”: Josh Peterson, “Lawmakers move to reject proposals for U.N. Internet regulation,” www.dailycaller.com, May 31, 2012, http://test.dailycaller.com/2012/05/31/lawmakers-move-to-reject-proposals-for-u-n-internet- regulation/.
7. “could use the”: Gordon Crovitz, “The U.N.’s Internet Power Grab,” www.online.wsj.com, June 17, 2012, http://online.wsj.c om/article/SB10001424052702303822204577470532859210296.html.
8. “It may be hard”: Ibid.
9. “Brazil and India”: Liza Porteus Viana, “US: New Battle Brewing At ITU Will ‘Determine The Future Of The Internet,” www.ip-watch.com, June 1, 2012, http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/06/01/us-new-battle-brewing-at-itu-will-determine-the-future-of-the- internet/.
10. “who are threatened”: Ibid.
11. “the open Internet”: Ibid.
12. “If all of us”: Matthew Ingram, “Is the UN the next big threat to Internet freedom?,” www.gigaom.com, May 31, 2012, http://gigaom.com/2012/05/31/is-the-un-the-next-big-threat-to-internet-freedom/.
13. “potentially dangerous”: Liza Porteus Viana, “US: New Battle Brewing At ITU Will ‘Determine The Future Of The Internet,” www.ip-watch.com, June 1, 2012, http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/06/01/us-new-battle-brewing-at-itu-will-determine-the-future-of-the- internet/.
14. “having the UN”: Nina Easton, “Where’s the outcry on the U.N. push to regulate the Internet?,” www.cnn.com, May 30, 2012, http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/30/united-nations-internet-regulation/.
15. “to foster greater”: Cale Guthrie Weissman, “Documents Leaked Detailing Proposals for UN Telecommunications Summit,” www.opennet.net, June 21, 2012, http://opennet.net/blog/2012/06/documents-leaked-detailing-proposals-un-telecommunications-summit.
16. “these proposals show”: Carl Franzen, “U.N. Proposals To Regulate Internet Are ‘Troubling,’ Leaked Documents Reveal,” idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com, June 16, 2012, http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/un-proposals-to-regulate-internet-are- troubling-leaked-documents-reveal.php.
17. “the broadcast proposal”: Ibid.
18. “would require member states”: Ibid.
19. “other proposals”: Ibid.
20. “[i]t must be”: Congressional Cyber Security Caucus, http://congressionalcybersecurity caucus.langevin.house.gov/index.shtml, http://congressionalcybersecuritycaucus.langevin.house.gov/news/press- releases/2012/03/mccaul-langevin-lead-bipartisan-effort-to-prevent-international-internet- regulations.shtml.
21. “The principals stipulate”: Sorcha Faal, “U.N. Move to Make Weapon of War Sparks Global Fears,” http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/index.php, June 3, 2012, http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?&itemid=12262.
22. “politely”: “The U.N.’s Internet Power Grab,” wsj.com, June 17, 2012, http://online.wsj.c om/article/SB10001424052702303822204577470532859210296.html.
23. “both unnecessary”: Ibid.
24. “weak responses”: Ibid.
25. “Could limit”: Doug Halonen, “House Takes First Steps to Block U.N. Regulation of Internet,” yahoo.com, May 31, 2012, http://tv.yahoo.com/news/house-takes-first-steps-block-u-n-regulation- 183411710.html.
26. “direct Internet”: Ibid.
27. “Centralized control would”: Lawrence Strickling, Philip Verveer, and Daniel Weitzner, “Ensuring an Open Internet,” whitehouse.gov, May 2, 2012, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/05/02/ensuring-open-internet.
28. “promote a global”: Ibid.
29. “[t]his year, we’re”: Press Release, Bipartisan Leaders of the Committee Introduce Resolution to Preserve and Protect a Global Internet Free from Government Control, May 30, 2012, energycommerce.house.gov, http://energycommerce.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=9554.
30. “If this power grab”: Ibid.
31. “this resolution”: Ibid.
32. “Does anyone here”: Andrew Couts, “US gov’t, Web titans go to battle against UN Internet power grab: Everything you need to know,” digitaltrends.com, May 31, 2012, http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/us-govt-web-titans-go-to-battle-against-un-internet-power-grab- everything-you-need-to-know/.
33. “international regulatory intrusion”: Press Release, Bipartisan Leaders of the Committee Introduce Resolution to Preserve and Protect a Global Internet Free from Government Control, May 30, 2012, energycommerce.house.gov, http://energycommerce.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=9554.
34. “I think a”: John Peterson, “Lawmakers move to reject proposals for U.N. Internet Regulation,” yahoo.com, May 31, 2012, http://news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-move-reject-proposals-u-n-internet-regulation- 142206238.html.
35. “business leaders beyond”: Nina Easton, “Where’s the outcry on the U.N. push to regulate the Internet?,”
