Posted on 09/21/2016 5:05:35 PM PDT by Freedom56v2
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump opposes a long-planned transition of oversight of the internet's technical management from the U.S. government to a global community of stakeholders, his campaign said in a statement on Wednesday.
Congress should block the handover, scheduled to occur on Oct. 1, "or internet freedom will be lost for good, since there will be no way to make it great again once it is lost," Stephen Miller, national policy director for the Trump campaign, said in a statement.
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a former presidential primary foe of Trump's who has refused to endorse the real estate developer, has led a movement in congress to block the transition, arguing it could cede control of the internet itself to authoritarian regimes like Russia and China and threaten online freedom.
Technical experts have said those claims are baseless, and that a delay will backfire by undermining U.S. credibility in future international negotiations over internet standards and security.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
You’ve done more than I have, but I did contact both my rep and senators. I doubt that one of them will listen, but I’ve gotta try!
For two years the critters u there in DC have ignored this....now at the last minute they won’t do anything to protect one of America’s best assets
Another news story on it:
Donald Trump Comes Out Against Obama’s United Nations Internet Takeover
Wow thanks for this find!
If you would like, I can post another thread on this tomorrow or perhaps you could do it if you prefer :)
\\For two years the critters u there in DC have ignored this....now at the last minute they won’t do anything to protect one of America’s best assets
From what I understand, this has been defunded and kept from transferring for the past 2 years...It is now expiring, and so there is new legislation that needs to be voted on...
The bills are called The Protection of Internet Freedom Act. The House Bill is HR 5418 sponsored by Sean Duffy in Wisconsin. SB3034 sponsored by Ted Cruz.
Duffy’s office has said there is time for a vote and people need to contact their elected representatives now and tell them to support these bills and Protect the Internet.
McConnell and Ryan’s offices could also be contacted to ensure the vote is brought to the floor.
Another GREAT REASON to VOTE TRUMP!!!
Trump/Pence 2016
That is one of the reasons I contact their local offices in the state where I know many of the staffers. Our DC rep knows he is going to get a lot of grief when he attends a local meeting- although he rarely shows up any more.
Oh,and I am in Illinois...I understand how you feel about your rep~I have Durbin ;(
I thought the Internet belonged to its Inventor Al Gore.
Is he selling it to Al Jazerra?
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HaHa...Well it may belong to Al Jazerra (or worse) if we don’t stop this...Call your Congressman and Senators this week—SB3034 and HR5418.
In spite of what Al says, DOD ARPANET developed it—hence our tax dollars! It needs to stay in the USA!!!
Just wanted to have it all in one place. Different articles tend to each provide a little different info and perspective.
Good thing you started the thread.
It is good, tho I would like to post it tomorrow to get it in “Latest Posts” if it is OK with you...
then in both places so people who might not have seen this thread will see it...
Did you notice this odd verbiage in the story? I know it is Reuters, after all, but...someone should tell them their slip is showing.
Military websites will be at risk if ICANN submits to some UN directive or some such thing.
After that ...
If Hillary wins — light’s out. She has her internet gatekeeper.
If Trump wins he can protect free speech in the USA fairly easily. It all depends on the TLDs’ codes of conduct. Treaties will be our main hassle. But all foreign governments that want to suppress hate speech can use China as a hub and demand other codes of conduct.
For specifics:
ICANN’s Secret Plot: rigged oversight, designs on .mil, $2.5 mil in lobbying
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3471830/posts
Posting clears up my technical misconceptions, but note my back-and-forth with Palmer at bottom of posting — their legal power is serious.
Thank God!
This is a very important issue!
Keep the Internet FREE!
unlike Trump, Cruz is already in a position to do something about this...
Cruz is sponsoring the Protection of Internet Freedom Act, SB3034. The sister bill in the House is HR5418 is sponsored by Sean Duffy, R-WI.
THE VOTE NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE OCTOBER 1. CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TODAY :)
It’s too late Obama already handed the keys to the UN
Generations of Americans to come will marvel at us, that we let this very small man commit so much destruction and that he was practically untouchable because of his skin color. I don’t know if we’ll ever recover fully.
It’s too late Obama already handed the keys to the UN
Generations of Americans to come will marvel at us, that we let this very small man commit so much destruction and that he was practically untouchable because of his skin color. I don’t know if we’ll ever recover fully.
Amen. And the everything else is for their own benefit. $$$
Agreed...
Sure is.
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