That is a different issue.
IP addresses are translated into user-readable addresses, like www.freerepublic.com.
So now, instead of ".com", we will be getting a lot of others.
Yes I know. Its a bunch of chicken little hyperbole.
Of course changing things could break the ‘internet’. There are already a gazillion ways to break the ‘internet’.
The govts move to add their control is a much bigger concern.