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America to hand off Internet in under two months
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | Aug. 16, 2016 | RUDY TAKALA

Posted on 08/17/2016 9:34:37 AM PDT by PROCON

The Department of Commerce is set to hand off the final vestiges of American control over the Internet to international authorities in less than two months, officials have confirmed.

The department will finalize the transition effective Oct. 1, Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling wrote on Tuesday, barring what he called "any significant impediment."

The move means the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, which is responsible for interpreting numerical addresses on the Web to a readable language, will move from U.S. control to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a multistakeholder body based in Los Angeles that includes countries such as China and Russia.

Critics of the move, most prominently Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, have pointed out the agency could be used by totalitarian governments to shut down the Web around the globe, either in whole or in part.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; bigbrother; censorship; dsj02; freedom; freespeech; internet; liberty; netneutrality; obama; obamasamerica; stasi; treason; tyranny
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We've been hearing rumors about this for several years.

"Under 2 months", though, would be very troubling as the election season heats up.

Censorship anyone?

1 posted on 08/17/2016 9:34:37 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Makes perfect sense.


2 posted on 08/17/2016 9:36:07 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: PROCON

The ChiComs will be in charge of the hate crime prosecutions.


3 posted on 08/17/2016 9:37:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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ERROR: 404

{the domain freerepublic.com cannot be found}


4 posted on 08/17/2016 9:39:00 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: PROCON

5 posted on 08/17/2016 9:39:06 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Where is the congress on this?


6 posted on 08/17/2016 9:40:16 AM PDT by magua
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PROCON :" Censorship anyone? "

An American invention
designed for "free speech" for those without voice.
Surprise me ... No !
Anything to appeal to Totalitarianism and Dick-taters
Not surprised that he might have wanted to run the world (the United Nations), either.

7 posted on 08/17/2016 9:40:45 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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I want to say stupidity, but treason is more likely.


8 posted on 08/17/2016 9:41:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: PROCON

Very foolish move. The internet will be ruined at best. At worst, the foreign entities involved will find a way to compromise private data.


9 posted on 08/17/2016 9:41:31 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

And Jihad Watch. ....and Front Page Mag. ....and many 2nd Amendment-supporting websites. All such “hate sites” will be banned.


10 posted on 08/17/2016 9:41:44 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nigeria can handle all financial transactions.


11 posted on 08/17/2016 9:42:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Hate to say it, but I'd almost rather trust the ChiComs than BO and the left in this country. Still, Congress ought to delay this deal for further review at least one year.

If they had any guts. Which they don't.

12 posted on 08/17/2016 9:42:37 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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If they had any guts. Which they don't.

"They" means Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan.

13 posted on 08/17/2016 9:44:17 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: magua

We have a congress?


14 posted on 08/17/2016 9:46:11 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Buckeye McFrog
but this still works
http://209.157.64.201/tag/*/index
15 posted on 08/17/2016 9:46:38 AM PDT by HangnJudge (Cthulhu for President, why vote for a lesser Evil)
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To: PROCON
0dunga's 'to do' list right before he leaves office:

0dunga surrenders control of Internet to China as he FINISHES FREEING ISLAMIC TERRORISTS FROM GITMO while SURGING the number of refugees (and ISIS operatives) imported into the U.S. from Syria...

So much destruction, so little time! Hurry, 0dunga! Kill the sumbich America that you HATE so much. Hurry, hurry, January 20th is not far away!!!

16 posted on 08/17/2016 9:46:44 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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magua :" Where is the congress on this?"

Half of them are trying to get re-elected
and promising anything to the electorate
and then return to their compliant ways to support "open Borders"
That the electorate opposes
Gotta keep buying the power and money that gets them re-elected , don'cha know !

17 posted on 08/17/2016 9:46:45 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Just don’t give it to muslims. Pretty sure Facebook already belongs to the muslims.


18 posted on 08/17/2016 9:47:40 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: PROCON

WTF? Over


19 posted on 08/17/2016 9:48:05 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz - nauseous.)
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To: PROCON

If this group gets the ability to levy fees, they become a de facto world government.


20 posted on 08/17/2016 9:49:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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