The Department of Commerce is set to hand off the final vestiges of American control over the Internet to international authorities in less than two months, officials have confirmed.
The department will finalize the transition effective Oct. 1, Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling wrote on Tuesday, barring what he called "any significant impediment."
The move means the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, which is responsible for interpreting numerical addresses on the Web to a readable language, will move from U.S. control to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a multistakeholder body based in Los Angeles that includes countries such as China and Russia.
Critics of the move, most prominently Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, have pointed out the agency could be used by totalitarian governments to shut down the Web around the globe, either in whole or in part.
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Dave T: Great job again for SBY news. Thanks for posting this. Where is the lame stream media in covering this important story ?! Oops, I forgot, they're busy toting Hillary's progressive agenda, no time for real news reporting, that would mean they're actually doing the job they were intended to do.
ReplyDeleteHere comes the censorship in ways that will boggle the mind.
ReplyDeleteNo more so than under US control.
ReplyDeleteWould this not be a violation of our national security? In other words "treason" against the US.
ReplyDeleteVote Trump and fix this invasion. He won't stand for this at all.
ReplyDelete6:28 your nuts...
ReplyDeleteAARRGGHH!! How can this be allowed. NUTLESS< GUTLESS POLITICIANS!
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