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Title: The internet belongs to the world, not to Ted Cruz
Source: TechCrunch
URL Source: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/21/t ... -to-the-world-not-to-ted-cruz/
Published: Sep 21, 2016
Author: Frank Pallone, Brian Schatz, Anna Eshoo,
Post Date: 2016-09-21 08:52:40 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 1733
Comments: 11

Congressional Republicans have recently taken a new hostage in their never-ending stream of threats to shut down the government.

This time, their target is the transfer of control of usually unseen clerical functions that keep the internet working.

Somehow this arcane transition has become one of the major hurdles to funding the government.

So how did we get here?

The story actually started two decades ago when the federal government announced that it would step away from running the technical functions of the internet.

Since then the Department of Commerce, under the watch of three Presidents, including administrations of both parties, has been living up to this commitment.

The Obama administration then announced two years ago that it would complete the transition by transferring control of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (or IANA) functions.

These are the functions that allow us to use web addresses rather than long sequences of numbers to find a website — it’s essentially the internet’s phonebook.

The announcement was praised by everyone from the Chamber of Commerce and the Internet Association to public interest groups.

But after the administration announced its intention, dictators like Vladimir Putin and his cronies launched a whisper campaign against the U.S. We could not be trusted, they alleged, to follow through with our plan.

Instead, Putin and other like-minded leaders urged the world to have a governmental body such as the United Nations take control of the internet.

They would have more sway over internet policy if the internet was regulated by a global governmental body such as the UN than if we are successful with this transition, and the internet becomes fully managed by a global community of experts, led by private businesses.

Fortunately, most of the world dismissed these accusations, choosing instead to believe in the honesty of the United States. A governmental power grab was not necessary. The administration’s plan was better than the risk posed by more Russian control of the internet’s functions.

But some fringe American politicians, led by Senator Ted Cruz, saw the transition as an opportunity to undermine the President. Despite the widespread support for the transfer, they are trying to block it.

As the election approaches, their claims are becoming more outlandish—the transfer would lead to a loss of free speech online (it won’t); it risks national security (it doesn’t); it is against federal law (it’s not).

Most outlandish of all, these Republicans claim that the U.S. is ceding ownership of the internet to the international community. But the U.S. does not own the internet. It never has. In fact, the transition protects the internet from authoritarian control.

This is not just our opinion, as members of Congress who have held hearings on the IANA transition. Nearly every technical expert agrees that Senator Cruz’s claims are simply not true. As the professionals explain, administration of the domain name system is clerical and has nothing to do with manipulating content.

Republicans claim that the U.S. is ceding ownership of the internet to the international community. But the U.S. does not own the internet. It never has.

As Assistant Commerce Secretary Larry Strickling recently testified, the Senator’s claims just don’t comport with the facts.

Until recently, Senator Cruz’s crusade has been a lonely one—nearly all of Congress from both parties saw through his over-the-top assertions. Congress held a nearly unified front against his attempts to upend the transfer.

But this political season, anything can happen. During this month’s budget negotiations, Republican leadership took an about-face and is now threatening to fulfill Putin’s Prophecy by postponing the transition. They seem to view a delay as an easy way to mollify their extreme colleagues. But this cynical trade is not worth the risk—the possible consequences are just too great.

If the Republicans successfully delay the transition, America’s enemies are sure to pounce. Russia and its allies could push to shift control of the internet’s core functions to a government body like the U.N. where they have more influence.

Moving internet management to a government-led organization would, over time, politicize how the internet functions, allowing foreign governments, for example, to veto free speech online.

If the transition fails, some governments may also try to create a new numbering system, fracturing the internet as we know it. Such an approach would effectively destroy the “world-wide-web” by creating walled-off pieces of the internet in countries that want to prevent their citizens from communicating with the free world.

Finally, by preventing this transition, we will have failed to keep our long-standing and public commitment to the global community to keep the internet open and free. In short, delaying this transition is a threat to online freedom, global commerce, and American interests broadly.

We urge our colleagues to give up on this ill-conceived attempt to block the transition. Now is not the time to walk away from our convictions. Congress should allow the Department of Commerce to do its job. It should keep the internet intact, and it should maintain America’s integrity.

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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)

Ted Cruz has been managing the Internet just fine for the last 20 years.

Abcdefg  posted on  2016-09-21   20:20:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Willie Green, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)

allowing foreign governments, for example, to veto free speech online

Don't worry, the Democrats and Republicans will kill the first amendment without any foreign help.

Our tyrants are the best, YUUGGEE!


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party

Castle(C), Stein(G), Johnson(L)

Hondo68  posted on  2016-09-21   21:00:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: hondo68 (#2)

Don't worry, the Democrats and Republicans will kill the first amendment without any foreign help.

Our tyrants are the best, YUUGGEE!

Fag Boy Hondopehead likes Gary Johnson because Gay Johnson thinks the first amendment is anti gay. With Hondo it is vote for the faggot and fuck the constitution.

Gary Johnson seems to have a problem with religious liberty. At a recent debate, the former New Mexico Governor and current candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination for president repeated the oft-heard talking point that laws meant to protect America’s First Freedom are really just attempts to disenfranchise gay people. - See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/05/libertarian-candidate- gary-johnson-religious-liberty-problem#sthash.oL1GlWdO.dpuf

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-09-21   22:26:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: A K A Stone (#3)

Here you go again, Stone. What is wrong with you?

buckeroo  posted on  2016-09-21   22:31:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: buckeroo (#4)

Nothing wrong with me. Just showing hondopehead is a liar.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-09-21   23:04:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: buckeroo (#4)

He does seem a bit repressed and self loathing, doesn't he? Who someone wants to date or have a relationship with is really no one's business. He would have quite a hard time living in Portland where haters can expect an extremely difficult life. On a way it would be something amusing to watch.

Ferret Mike  posted on  2016-09-21   23:29:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: buckeroo, Log Cabin Republicans (#4)

Stone. What is wrong with you?

He's still butthurt that his ghey buddy Willardo Romnez lost.


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party

Castle(C), Stein(G), Johnson(L)

Hondo68  posted on  2016-09-22   0:08:52 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Ferret Mike (#6)

Haters

Funny

Pc Nazis

The Worst

If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !

BorisY  posted on  2016-09-22   0:11:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: BorisY (#8)

Boris, was the floor hurt as bad as yer head was in the epic fall that reduced your grammar to verbal salad? Just curious, mind you.

Ferret Mike  posted on  2016-09-23   1:33:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Ferret Mike (#9)

Winston Churchill,

February 8, 1920,

Bolshevism is a

"worldwide conspiracy

for the overthrow of civilization
the reconstitution of society

on the basis of

arrested development,
of envious malevolence,
impossible equality."

Needless to say ... the most intense passions of revenge have been excited --- in the breasts of the Russian people. *

love
boris

ps

I
just
want
to
be
able
to
say
Merry
Christmas
again

pss

Make
America
Merry
great
again

* http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v14/v14n1p-4_Weber.html

If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !

BorisY  posted on  2016-09-26   13:06:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Ferret Mike (#6)

He would have quite a hard time living in Portland where haters can expect an extremely difficult life

And the people of Portalnd would have a heard living in countries with their beloved Muslims where they would be thrown off roofs or burned alive in cages.

Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president

no gnu taxes  posted on  2016-09-26   13:21:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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