Trump is committed to preserving Internet freedom for the American people and citizens all over the world. Mr. Trump’s weighing in on this issue while Congress wrangles over final details of the continuing resolution is particularly important as it demonstrates the solidarity of Republicans against Obama’s ill-conceived to surrender of the Internet.
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“The U.S. should not turn control of the Internet over to the United Nations and the worldwide community”.
This argument, recently advanced in a Senate hearing by Ted Cruz, fails to explain how domain name administration is tied to government censorship, which (despite Trump’s claims) is already wielded by oppressive regimes across the world.
“The U.S. should not turn control of the Internet over to the United Nations and the global community”, said Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s national policy director.
Trump’s unwelcome intervention follows several weeks where Senator Ted Cruz has pushed a wholly inaccurate version of events where the handover of a contract run by ICANN for 20 years suddenly represents the end of free speech.
And of course there is a dig at Trump’s rival for president: “Hillary Clinton’s Democrats are refusing to protect the American people by not protecting the Internet”. “President Obama intends to do so on his own authority – just 10 days from now, on October 1 – unless Congress acts quickly to stop him”.
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 Russian Federation and China and threaten online freedom.
Congressional Republicans, led by Sen.
Through the First Amendment, the USA stands for free expression around the world, Miller continued.
Channeling Cruz’s campaign of misinformation, the release argues: “The US created, developed and expanded the Internet across the globe”.
The move would remove a US government role that has been described by the Commerce Department as largely clerical.
Unless Congress acts now, Internet freedom will be permanently lost, Miller ominously added.
Like Cruz and other Republicans, Miller said internet freedoms could be jeopardized by the transfer, potentially opening the door for censorship by governments such as China and Russian Federation. However, many are in support of the IANA Transition stating the internet isn’t the property of the U.S. or anybody else.
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Setting aside politics, do you think that it makes sense for global powers through the United Nations to exert primary influence over the management of the Internet instead of the U.S.?
