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President Barack Obama’s drive to hand off control of Internet domains to a foreign multi-national operation will give some very unpleasant regimes equal say over the future of online speech and commerce.

In fact, they are likely to have much more influence than America, because they will collectively push hard for a more tightly controlled Internet, and they are known for aggressively using political and economic pressure to get what they want.

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callmeslick wrote:Breitbart equals lies. Pure and simple.

callmeslick wrote:I'm saying that Brietbart is, and has been since the Drunk set it up, a sensationalist lie machine, given to bizarre conspiracy theories.

"The US government has never, and has never had the ability to, set the direction of the (ICANN) community’s policy development work based on First Amendment ideas," ICANN said in a statement. "Yet that is exactly what Senator Cruz is suggesting. The US government has no decreased role. Other governments have no increased role. There is simply no change to governmental involvement in policy development work in ICANN."

woodchip wrote:Patiently waits for Muslim Bot to show up to see if we are not living according to sharia law. I predict slick will be first arrested.

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woodchip wrote:Patiently waits for Muslim Bot to show up to see if we are not living according to sharia law. I predict slick will be first arrested.

You're right. You'll know the signs when the chemtrails start to increase and the water changes color. You'd better get yourself a litmus test kit if you notice it. If it turns light green the government started putting drugs in the water, and the only way to stop yourself from being subjected to sharia law is to use a GMO detox kit.

tunnelcat wrote:Way back in the 1990's when the Republicans thought the internet was just AOL, they didn't want to pay for or fund it, despite the fact computer scientists were warning them that they might not want to cede control over something that is so important to national security. Now Republicans are changing their position that this is a big giveaway to other countries. Why are they now so worried after previously pushing to cut funding for it?

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Isn't it ironic that name of one of the Republican groups that wants the U.S. government to maintain it's oversight includes a group called "Americans for Limited Government".