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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

No. UN and related independent NGOs have shown their cards. They cannot be trusted. ICANN is the quintessential example of an ossified vulturous bureaucracy laser focused on oligarchic control. And the ITU has designs to rewrite current Internet protocols to have a fee structure built in at the packet level to ensure no packed flow without someone paying money.

We cannot trust the systems we have now. We must focus on diversifying income sources for us to be safe