Posted on 03/10/2016 4:39:59 PM PST by Enlightened1
A major step was taken Thursday in the U.S. government's plan to hand off oversight of the Internet domain name system.
A nonprofit international group approved a plan and forwarded it to the Obama administration Thursday for review and approval.
The group, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has historically been contracted out to manage the behind-the-scenes workings of the Internet that pair up numerical IP addresses with their familiar Web addresses.
A few years ago, the group was tasked with transitioning fully from U.S. government oversight to an international multistakeholder model.
The Commerce Department will have to sign off on the transition plan before it is allowed to go forward. But the Obama administration and Congress have been "watching closely," said Steve Crocker, who leads ICANN's board of directors.
"This proposal does not come as a surprise that requires a fresh start or a cold start and we fully expect that this will be viewed as 100 percent consistent with the criteria that was set out in advance and that which has been tracked all the way throughout the process," Crocker said.
ICANN officials said Thursday the plan should meet the U.S. government's priorities to protect the open Internet and to prevent any other government from gaining control. It also includes security and accountability measures, they said, and if the plan is implemented, Internet users should see no real difference.
Some Republicans have remained wary of the transition and Congress has blocked government funds from being used to finish the handoff for the past several years. Last year's spending blocked the funds from being used until at least October.
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I’ll do all the usual messaging to Congress but to no avail.
But since we have two sitting senators on stage tonight, why haven’t the stopped. If they keep saying they can’t get anything done, that should be a red flag.
Yeah, that sure sounds like a really great idear. Fookin’ idjits!
Why doesn’t he give away something destructive or harmful?
Like NY City or California?
Wanna get me one of those “dot trump” addresses.
Bingo! You nailed it!
"Politicians: all talk; no action."---Donald J. Trump
The U.N. was started by us and the west, and we see how that worked out.
YESICANN?
They are doing their dirty deeds before the next President is seated.
This is as big as the Supreme Court appointment considering they can black us out before the election. Especially if it’s Trump as the rest of the world doesn’t want to lose their cash cow either.
This should not be completed until after the next President is sworn in.
Well, at least they didn’t give away the Panama Canal.
I am sure the Republican Congress will ride to the rescue on this one.
Will there be anything left of the country we love, by the time Obama is booted?? SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP HIM NOW!!
He’s a traitor. He doesn’t believe in US exceptionalism, which means he doesn’t understand how/why the USA was formed.
He and most liberals have a ‘Participation Trophy’ mentality. I prefer the ‘Championship Trophy’ mentality.
I GUARANTEE this leads to some form of censorship.
“Last year’s spending blocked the funds from being used until at least October.”
Our heroes, the Rupubicons.
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Sen. Ted Cruz is holding up a bipartisan bill whose defenders say must pass in order for America to gain more credibility on Internet issues. The reason? Politics.
Cruz has argued that the bill, known as the DOTCOM Act, would allow the Internet to be “handed over” to countries like China and Russia that don’t share U.S. values when it comes to freedom of speech and expression.
But the bill’s backers say it does no such thing — and they’re probably right.
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Trump probably doesn’t even understand the issue.
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