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I read some ground-breaking news last night. Of course, the media announced it on a Saturday night while everyone is out partying and not on the internet. None of the mainstream media's reported it (CNN, ABC, NBC) except for Yahoo which many people have not read; because the government wants humans to be blind to the fact of all the ridiculous actions they are taking. Please read the following without thinking this is some sort of "Conspiracy Theory".

As of October 1st, 2016 at 12:00 AM, the United Nations now own ICANN. ICANN is the organization that regulates and censors the internet.

<blockquote>The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN /ˈaɪkæn/ eye-kan) is a nonprofit organization that is responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the Internet – thereby ensuring the network’s stable and secure operation.[1] ICANN performs the actual technical maintenance work of the central Internet address pools and DNS Root registries pursuant to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function contract.ICANN’s primary principles of operation have been described as helping preserve the operational stability of the Internet; to promote competition; to achieve broad representation of the global Internet community; and to develop policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.[2]Much of its work has concerned the Internet’s global Domain Name System, including policy development for internationalization of the DNS system, introduction of new generic top-level domains (TLDs), and the operation of root name servers. The numbering facilities ICANN manages include the Internet Protocol address spaces for IPv4 and IPv6, and assignment of address blocks to regional Internet registries. ICANN also maintains registries of Internet protocol identifiers.</blockquote>

With this being said, there is no more *Freedom of Speech on The Internet*. Everything not on a blockchain will be censored by the United Nations.

A few examples of what the UN can now do since they have the power too: If the UN does not like what Facebook brings to the table, they can shut the website down with no hesitation. If they do not like a website that is selling a T-Shirts with the following message:  We want an UNCENSORED INTERNET! They can shut it down with not one person stopping them. These are just 2 examples of billions, the censored internet is screwed, to say the least.

Ted Cruz, the former runner for President for the Republican Party, fought very hard for this not to happen. But a federal judge denied on September 30, 2016 their request for an injunction and the scheduled handoff took place at midnight on October 1st, 2016. Cruz and other critics had argued the transfer could lead to authoritarian countries taking control of the internet and eventually censoring content throughout the world.

Fortunatly, this may help Blockchain technology grow as a whole. When more people who do not know about blockchains find out that the United Nations can now censor everything on the interent, they will be looking for an alternative to the internet and the only alternative is Blockchains.

Anybody who is reading this, please share the word with friends and family (by mouth), on a DECENTRALIZED blockchain,  by upvoting this blog so it will get to the trending page, and lastly reblog it for the Steemers to see the truth in the world and what is going on behind closed doors.

I am happy and upset today. I am happy in the way that blockchains will grow drastically in the future. I am sad in the way that there is no such thing as "Freedom of Speech in The Internet" any more, even though there really hasn't been in years.

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### What are your thoughts on this, fellow Steemers?

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**Information from:** [Source 1](http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/icann-control-un/#ixzz4Lym322rg) - [Source 2](http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/icann-control-un/) - [Source 3](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/us-cuts-cord-internet-oversight-113602357.html)

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