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[Video] The U.N.’s War on the Internet: A Global Web Tax?

A lot of speculation has been floating around about a proposal from the United Nations that could impose a global Internet tax on the world’s largest content providers. Based on leaked documents from the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) that are being made available at WCITleaks.org, the speculation is, in fact, true.

If the U.N. really is attempting to take over the Internet by imposing a global tax, is the U.S. doing enough to stop it from happening?

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