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4 States Sue To Block Obama's Internet Transition Set For Tomorrow Night
zero hedge ^ | 9/29/2016 | tyler durden

Posted on 09/29/2016 6:20:36 PM PDT by Nachum

The US government, much to the chagrin of Senator Ted Cruz, is set to officially relinquish the Department of Commerce's oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as of tomorrow night at midnight. ICANN is a California nonprofit that has supervised website domains since 1998, essentially under subcontract from the Commerce Department. Under the Obama transition plan oversight by the U.S. Commerce Department would end and be replaced by a multi-stakeholder community, which would include the technical community, businesses, civil society and governments.

Cruz had attempted to block the internet transition by tying the recently passed funding bill to the reversal of the ICANN turnover. That said, apparently his harsh admonishments on the Senate floor failed to draw enough support from his fellow republicans to force a government shutdown over the topic.

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KEYWORDS: icann; internet; transition
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To: Dallas59; All; Jim Robinson

I’m going to let Jim Robinson answer your article stating there really isn’t anything to worry about right now:

See my tagline below.


21 posted on 09/29/2016 11:01:27 PM PDT by The Westerner ("Giving Away the Internet or Any Part of It Is Sheer Lunacy" Jim Robinson)
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To: Nachum; Fred Nerks

replaced by a multi-stakeholder community, which would include the technical community, businesses, civil society and governments. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Translated: “ replaced by the Saudis and the Arab world.”


22 posted on 09/30/2016 1:40:21 AM PDT by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Nachum

It’s been a demoralizing week watching the greatest nation in history bow to dictators everywhere, like this President has done, handing our treasure over to them with an “I’m sorry for our towering achievement”. I’m glad I’m old.


23 posted on 09/30/2016 3:12:41 AM PDT by The Westerner ("Giving Away the Internet or Any Part of It Is Sheer Lunacy" Jim Robinson)
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To: Dallas59; little jeremiah; Candor7; GregNH; GOPJ; PhilDragoo

very informative


24 posted on 09/30/2016 4:09:51 AM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Thanks for the ping.


25 posted on 09/30/2016 5:53:26 AM PDT by GOPJ (If Lester Holt's too stupid to ask follow-ups without an ear piece he should be disqualified.)
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To: Nachum
...it will empower countries like Russia, like China, like Iran to be able to censor speech on the Internet, your speech. Countries like China, Russia, and Iran are not our friends, and their interests are not our interests.

First time I heard about 'net neutrality' was about 8 years ago... a friend had brought a modern day communist to a party and the guy was ranting about 'earth elementals' and 'net neutrality'... The rest of his spiel was pure Marxism and a firm hated of the United States.

26 posted on 09/30/2016 6:01:05 AM PDT by GOPJ (If Lester Holt's too stupid to ask follow-ups without an ear piece he should be disqualified.)
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27 posted on 09/30/2016 6:44:34 AM PDT by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: Interesting Times

Thanks for the ping to post #19. It is a very good explanation.


28 posted on 09/30/2016 8:37:27 AM PDT by zot
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