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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 that includes countries like 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.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/america-to-hand-off-internet-in-under-two-months/article/2599521
Comment: So if the web was to get shut down, it will be because of ‘events beyond our control’. Hmmmm, ??? Somehow, I think Obama is up to no good, again. BTW, anticipating such a move by the govt at some point, here is snail mail : Farmboy P.O. Box 338, Lebanon, Ga. 30146. Just in case. 🙂 Feel free to drop me a note anytime.