On October 1st, the United States will no longer control the Internet — unless a few Attorney Generals get their way.
Republican attorneys general are making a last-ditch bid to block the Obama administration from ceding U.S. oversight of the internet’s domain name system, filing suit in federal court ahead of an imminent deadline for the hand-off.
The AGs from Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma and Nevada asked a judge late Wednesday to step in and stop the transition to an international oversight body, after GOP lawmakers failed to stall the move as part of a short-term spending bill.
“Trusting authoritarian regimes to ensure the continued freedom of the internet is lunacy,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. “The president does not have the authority to simply give away America’s pioneering role in ensuring that the internet remains a place where free expression can flourish.”
Paxton was among the four Republican AGs who filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division.
The U.S. government has been in charge of domain names for more than three decades, thanks to a Commerce Department agency’s oversight of an obscure, but powerful, Los Angeles-based nonprofit called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
But why is this even important? Ted Cruz answers that question with another, asked to ICANN CEO Göran Marby:
“Is ICANN bound by the First Amendment?”
Mr. Marby initially replied:
“I think you know the answer to that question.”
Sen. Cruz tried again:
“I’m asking you for your views.”
Mr. Marby’s blunt response:
“To my understanding, no.”
That is all that many Americans need to know.
Thus, the end of the free international exchange of ideas may be coming to an end.
That SOB is trying to destroying more freedoms in such a short time, he’s the modern day$#%&!@*
Congress failed to stop this and, once again, didn’t do their job.
Justify your actions, or lack thereof . . .
CONGRESS WE BUILT THE NET . ITS OURS HANDS OFF!!!!!!! ITS AMERICAN MADE . IT BELONGS ((( ONLY ))) HERE IN AMERICA. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
POS POS POS
The sooner he and Killary are in prison, the better we can hang them both!
Anti American ..!!
Everyone needs to listen and watch this!!! obama is turning over our control of the internet to foreign governments!!! China and Russia being two of them!!!! obama is and always has been a terrorist in sheeps clothing!!!! People wake up, you do not have to to push the snooze button anymore!!! he and clinton are sooooo much more dangerous than you can even imagine!!! Listen to the hearing that Ted Cruz has thankfully taken charge of!!!!
Cruz has been telling congress this for so long…..they have since filed a lawsuit ..so hopefully it cannot happen till the lawsuit is finished…may take months or years.. Saw this and hope it is the truth…So many lies on fb
This man will never have any good legacy, Never! The worst president in American history!