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Sue Obama is not a long lost sister of President Barack Obama. Rather, a coalition of technology groups and conservatives wants Congress to sue to stop the Obama administration from handing over control of Internet domain names to an international board, charging it could give authoritarian regimes power over the web. It is currently trending on Twitter.
Since 1998, an arm of the U.S. Commerce Department called the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) has handled domain names. However, in September, the Obama administration plans to allow the U.S. government’s contract to lapse so the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will be run by a global board of directors with the domain-naming responsibility. Many fear this will allow governments such as Russia, China and Iran to have a stake in Internet governance and the “de facto” power to tax domain names and stifle free speech.
Previously, Congress twice included riders in appropriations bills to specifically prohibit tax dollars from being used for the transition, which President Obama signed into law.
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Since 1998, an arm of the U.S. Commerce Department called the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) has handled domain names. However, in September, the Obama administration plans to allow the U.S. government’s contract to lapse so the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will be run by a global board of directors with the domain-naming responsibility. Many fear this will allow governments such as Russia, China and Iran to have a stake in Internet governance and the “de facto” power to tax domain names and stifle free speech.
Previously, Congress twice included riders in appropriations bills to specifically prohibit tax dollars from being used for the transition, which President Obama signed into law.
Source:
Read more at http://www.business2community.com/s...ain-name-control-01626118#ZuVIMrw5Jb3H5PYv.99
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