When U.S. Steps Back, Will Russia and China Control the Internet?

The National Journal ^ | March 17, 2014 | Brendan Sasso

[Kenny]

Color me naive but this seems like a huge decision for one guy. Shouldn't this have to be approved by Congress? I know many of them have been effectively neutered but I'd like to at least see some debate.

[Starboard]

Congress doesn’t want to be responsibile for anything.

[PoloSec]

Well...they certainly gonna to try!

[Logical me]

King Obama is our dictator. This jackass is crazy as a bed bug and should be impeached by the House. Screw the Senate. Get it done and we can hold this over his head until we get the Senate. He does not have the right to give the internet without the consent of Congress.

King Obama is a traitor and must stopped..

[GeronL]

favorite sites being blocked will be a common thing

[The Duke]

SCENARIO: A US citizen invests and works his butt off to build a successful Internet business and one day he discovers that all his business traffic has been re-routed to a knock-off web site hosted in China.

This is EXACTLY what is going to happen.

[Carbonsteel]

With the administration we have right now, having the Russians or Chinese in charge of the Internet will be 6 to 1 and half dozen to the other versus the current care takers.

[right way right]

The ruling class wants to to kill the internet.
Makes sense to me.

[CincyRichieRich]

Our stupid ass congress is so inept to not even put this at the forefront of the news...hey, let’s give away the Panama Canal, our ports, give the Chicoms satellite technology...the keys to the kingdom for goodness sakes!

[jsanders2001]

I predict a special council, group, or oversight committee that is backed and controlled by Soros will be pproved to take those reins and monitor Internet activity worldwide.

[ldish]

i have opinions on this and on the one...have made them very clear in the past here...but can no longer say anything as my local home net, my computers and my on-line accounts and many other on-line web sites accesses are experiencing very strange issues and insurance policies all of a sudden being canceled ...repeating over and over after being cleared...for whatever reason and i can only attribute to my comments here...some organization very high up or very “deep” in the web have me and mine in their cross-hairs

[logic101.net]

Censorship will be a common thing. Someone posted yesterday that he thought that was the whole reason behind the move; to get around the 1st Amendment. I think he may be right.

[Jumper]

This is about commercial control and protocols. The ability to stop the flow of data will always be in US hands.

[Billthedrill]

Welcome to carbon credits redux. In the interest of "fairness" we need to reserve 90% of the assignments to underdeveloped countries. Developed ones can purchase address space...for a price.

Watch it happen.

[Kenny]

This is about commercial control and protocols. The ability to stop the flow of data will always be in US hands.

If we don't have control over IP addresses and domains, what control will we have? No IP/no connection. They don't like your content, no domain. I don't see any control staying with U.S. if they go through with this.

And look at the title of this article, who will get it, China, Russia, Iran, Egypt, so many aggressive enemies eager to bury us. This is nothing short of treason on every one of their heads, Obama and Congress for not stepping up to protect us.

[pallis]

What exactly would Obama do about it? The little faggot is totally ill-equipped mentally and morally to be a leader, so he has resorted to being a lousy, incompetent dictator. Other countries laugh in his face. China and Russia are way too much for him to handle. The Democrat Senate is stupid enough to worship him, and the GOPe House is afraid of him. Say hello to the Chicom internet.

[Kenny]

And where is Rand Paul or Ted Cruz on this? Are they only in our corner, fighting for our rights, while they’re making a name and getting into the Presidential race?

Before now I would have thought they’d be there for us but I’m hearing nothing but a chilling silence from any of them on this and it’s one of the worst things Obama’s been able to do on his own.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The Obama administration is keenly aware of the potential for an authoritarian regime to seize power over the Internet.

Which is why I'd think he'd want to hang on to it! /S

[Obadiah]

Good thing Republicans control the House!

Have these guys done ANYTHING to thwart Obama’s rampage? Obama is like Godzilla stomping all over America and the Republicans are all curled up in a corner somewhere crying like a little girl. Really, how utterly useless can you prove yourself to be?

[Secret Agent Man]

president mom jeans’ carter panama canal moment. right here.