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Obama administration relinquishes American control over a central portion of Internet governance

Posted by DanielS on Sunday, 02 October 2016 11:44.

       

Daily Caller, “The Obama administration [relinquished] American control over a central portion of Internet governance”

The implications of this move range from control by an international bureaucracy to totalitarian regimes locking up entire portions of the Internet, according to experts.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is in the process of transitioning stewardship of the Internet’s domain name system (DNS) — the technical network that converts website address names into numbers — to a global entity. The DNS is essentially the “yellow pages” of web addresses. The transition [was set in motion yesterday,] Oct. 1.

DNS control is causing deep disagreement in the technology world, as experts in the industry and academia have vastly different opinions on the issue. Some say security and free use of the Internet is better under the umbrella of an organization that resides in America [America’s First Amendment protects free speech], while others assert this power should be given to a global organization.

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