Obama Surrenders Control of the Internet

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In 2010, I sounded the alarm about the future of the Internet in a contribution for Newsmax entitled: “Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers.”

In that article I warned: “his administration, through the Department of Commerce, agreed to relinquish some control over IANA and their governance. The Obama administration has agreed to give greater representation to foreign companies and countries on IANA.

The key to the control America has over the Internet is through the management of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the giant servers that service the Internet.

Domain names are managed through an entity named IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. The IANA, which operates on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is responsible for the global coordination of the DNS, IP addressing, and other Internet protocol resources.......

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/741413