America's Internet Surrender

Wall Strret Journal ^ | March 18, 2014 | L Gordon Crovitz

[lbryce]

The Internet is often described as a miracle of self-regulation, which is almost true. The exception is that the United States government has had ultimate control from the beginning. Washington has used this oversight only to ensure that the Internet runs efficiently and openly, without political pressure from any country.

This was the happy state of affairs until last Friday, when the Obama administration made the surprise announcement it will relinquish its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, which assigns and maintains domain names and Web addresses for the Internet. Russia, China and other authoritarian governments have already been working to redesign the Internet more to their liking, and now they will no doubt leap to fill the power vacuum caused by America's unilateral retreat.

[lbryce]

In the manner in which Obama has planned and has already facilitated many aspects of his sinister Anti-American strategy to destroy America, giving away of America's most prized, valuable assets is something that is solely Obama-driven as means to achieving what he still has the considerable wherewithal to do in the godforsaken days that still remain.

[sauropod]

Can’t this be stopped?

[major-pelham]

It’d be worth tying it up in court for the remaining days of our un-patriotic administration so we can get a serious grown up to look at the folly of this. I’ll donate.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ditto.

[DownInFlames]

The dem incumbents running for reelection are in full panic mode over this.

[JohnBovenmyer]

If you like your internet you can keep it.

[JohnBovenmyer]

Jimmy Carter only gave away our Panama Canal.

[JoeProBono]

[Biggirl]

Good News! Outernet is coming!