[research links coming up]
Easy-to-Understand Summary of Internet Giveaway
Few people understand how the internet runs, but we all know what ‘web pages’ are. That’s where we ‘surf’ for information.
And the devil is in the details. Those pages are organized through domain names [including the pages of this forum].
ICANN runs the domain name system. And its contract with the US federal government limits ICANN’s ability to meddle with peoples’ ownership. Europe now recommends changing that. They want to use ICANN as the vehicle for a globalist network to police the internet [aka Hillary’s Internet Gatekeeper]. That way they can suppress ‘hate speech’.
China is also holding secret talks with ICANN.
The federal government need only renew that contract by September 30 or ICANN becomes a ‘free agent’ which can secretly wheel and deal with anyone on earth.
Deadline — ICANN’s contract must be renewed by September 30.
Basics for Understanding Obama’s Internet Giveaway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3464721/posts
— and listing/linking the senators and news sources sounding the horn.
Fairyland Fixes for O’s Internet Giveaway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3466481/posts
Senator Cruz Set Up a Countdown Clock:
https://www.cruz.senate.gov/internetcountdownclock
[my system crashes even when I try to load a text-only cache.]
FIREWORKS Predicted at Today’s Hearing reg. Internet Giveaway [aw!m vanity]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3469224/posts
Yes ICANN Can. Downplay O’s Internet Giveaway at Your Peril
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3465347/posts
Open Letter of Concern by Senators Cruz, Lankford, and Lee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3463938/posts?page=113#113
[ICANN is stalling on specifics and holding secret talks with China.]
Open Letter by 25 advocacy groups incl. ‘Americans for Tax Reform’
http://docs.techfreedom.org/Coalition_Letter_IANA_8.10.16.pdf
More Specifics reg. ICANN’s Contract with US
http://freedomoutpost.com/obama-violates-federal-law-again-reliquishes-us-control-of-internet-to-private-international-body
Washington Examiner Report
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3460431/posts
The Wall Street Journal
http://www.wsj.com/articles/an-internet-giveaway-to-the-u-n-1472421165
Breitbart
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/29/icann-un-take-internet-oct-1
The [UK] Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3763094/The-United-States-control-internet-s-addressing-United-Nations-September-30-pledging-not-to.html
OBAMA READY TO CEDE AMERICA’S CONTROL OF INTERNET...
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/272568-internet-domain-handoff-takes-major-step-forward
Beta News
http://betanews.com/2016/01/24/the-clock-is-ticking-for-the-us-to-relinquish-control-of-icann
Related FR threads
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3463938/posts
Europe now recommends changing that. They want to use ICANN as the vehicle for a globalist network to police the internet
Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon are All Urging this to happen so they can take the lead in Silencing the People Worldwide.
It will basically be like under UN control. I won’t even be able to call muzzies ... muzzies.
I'm dense, who renews the contract, Congress I hope?
But since ICANN falls under the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Commerce, I imagine the Executive Branch has final say?
Suggest you ping the all your favorite URLs. It will echo back their IP addresses. Save that info and you can use it to reach the web sites without using Domain Name Servers (DNS).
freerepublic.com has an IP address of 209.157.64.200