Obama's Political decline of the USA's, control of the Web given up

[elektra]

Another act of Obama, overseer of the decline of Freedom

U.S. to relinquish remaining control over the Internet - The Washington Post

U.S. aims to give up control over Internet administration

By Craig Timberg, Friday, March 14, 2:19 PM

U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of the Web.

Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance last year.

“The timing is right to start the transition process,” said Lawrence E. Strickling, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information. “We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.”

 

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To normal people, not having the USA solely control the web would be seen as a good thing.

I guess Elektra just loooooves the US surveillance state, and doesn't want the power of the state challenged in any way. No surprise there.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

To normal people, not having the USA solely control the web would be seen as a good thing.

I guess Elektra just loooooves the US surveillance state, and doesn't want the power of the state challenged in any way. No surprise there.

You want European States that have no promises of freedom of speech to run the net? Great plan. How about Russia? Or China?