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| Should U.S. keep control of group that handles internet domain names? |
| 2016-09-15 |
| During an often-contentious hearing Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took on the B.O. regime for what has become his latest signature issue: internet oversight. The B.O. regime is due to relinquish U.S. control Oct. 1 over a private-sector, nonprofit organization that administers internet domain names and designations. Cruz warned that the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers will not on its own honor U.S. protections of free speech, and he is leading an effort to delay or stop the transfer. "Under the guardianship of the United States and the First Amendment the internet has become truly an oasis of freedom, but that could soon change," Cruz said at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, which he chairs. "It is not a democratic body," Cruz said of the organization, which includes such internet stakeholders as Google and Facebook and is based in Los Angeles. And he warned that authoritarian countries such as China, Russia and Iran could exert control over the organization and censor internet use in their countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 can you say Dark Net? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-09-15 21:44 |
| #7 Buh bye, Internet. You were cool for a while. Hell, you were super cool. But now the Russians and Chinese have taken over. And google. Ick. I'm all for going back to modems or X.25 over private phone lines. Anybody remember SNA? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-09-15 12:11 |
| #6 In any case, I will be looking into what money changes hands because of the removal of the internet from American Paws. |
| Posted by: newc 2016-09-15 02:58 |
| #5 I'd be perhaps more concerned about it being used a tax revenue source, and the potential to seriously break the global internet by distributing what ICANN currently does, both for censorship and financial purposes. It could end up like Libya where everyone is fighting to get their hands on the oil (internet) revenues. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-09-15 02:39 |
| #4 Yes, the US should keep control of the internet. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-09-15 00:59 |
| #3 This is far, far worse than Carter giving up the Panama canal. Fucking leftists... |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-09-15 00:30 |
| #2 All of their ideas are stupid. Keep the internet under US control until they remove your keyboards from your cold dead fingers. It was designed for the US Military in the US and it is a US invention. The Euroidiots will censor and destroy it post haste and those people have no business running anything. |
| Posted by: newc 2016-09-15 00:22 |
| #1 Tell your CEO that you are turning the company network over to the United Nations and see how long it takes for security to escort you straight to the parking lot. |
| Posted by: Flonter Phaiger5534 2016-09-15 00:19 |