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Yo, none other than a Future President, Mr. Ted Cruz!!!
"Ted Cruz proposes bill to keep U.S. from giving up internet governance role"
By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Internet legislation proposed Wednesday in the Senate would prohibit the U.S. government from relinquishing its role with respect to overseeing the web’s domain name system, or DNS, unless explicitly authorized by Congress.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a division of the Commerce Department, currently oversees control of the DNS, a virtual phonebook of sorts that allows internet users to easily browse the web by allocating domain names to websites the world over.
The NITA has long been expected to give up its oversight role to a global multi-stakeholder community, however, prompting lawmakers to unleashed a proposal this week that would assure the U.S. government maintains control unless Congress votes otherwise.
The bill, the Protecting Internet Freedom Act, “would prevent the Obama administration from giving the Internet away to a global organization that will allow over 160 foreign governments to have increased influence over the management and operation of the Internet,” according to a statement issued Wednesday by the office of the bill’s co-sponsor, Sen. Ted Cruz.
“The Obama administration is months away from deciding whether the United States Government will continue to provide oversight over core functions of the Internet and protect it from authoritarian regimes that view the Internet as a way to increase their influence and suppress freedom of speech,” Mr. Cruz said in a statement. “This issue threatens not only our personal liberties, but also our national security.
Ted Cruz proposes bill to keep U.S. from giving up internet governance role
"GTP"
"Ted Cruz proposes bill to keep U.S. from giving up internet governance role"
By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Internet legislation proposed Wednesday in the Senate would prohibit the U.S. government from relinquishing its role with respect to overseeing the web’s domain name system, or DNS, unless explicitly authorized by Congress.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a division of the Commerce Department, currently oversees control of the DNS, a virtual phonebook of sorts that allows internet users to easily browse the web by allocating domain names to websites the world over.
The NITA has long been expected to give up its oversight role to a global multi-stakeholder community, however, prompting lawmakers to unleashed a proposal this week that would assure the U.S. government maintains control unless Congress votes otherwise.
The bill, the Protecting Internet Freedom Act, “would prevent the Obama administration from giving the Internet away to a global organization that will allow over 160 foreign governments to have increased influence over the management and operation of the Internet,” according to a statement issued Wednesday by the office of the bill’s co-sponsor, Sen. Ted Cruz.
“The Obama administration is months away from deciding whether the United States Government will continue to provide oversight over core functions of the Internet and protect it from authoritarian regimes that view the Internet as a way to increase their influence and suppress freedom of speech,” Mr. Cruz said in a statement. “This issue threatens not only our personal liberties, but also our national security.
Ted Cruz proposes bill to keep U.S. from giving up internet governance role
"GTP"
