Ex-Bush admin official: Internet giveaway weakens cybersecurity, opens door to Web tax

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http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/15/ex-bush-admin-official-internet-giveaway-weakens-cybersecurity-opens-door-to-web-tax/

By Giuseppe Macri
The Daily Caller
03/15/2014

The U.S. government's plan to give away authority over the Internet's core 
architecture to the "global Internet community" could endanger the 
security of both the Internet and the U.S. -- and open the door to a 
global tax on Web use.

"U.S. management of the internet has been exemplary and there is no reason 
to give this away -- especially in return for nothing," former Bush 
administration State Department senior advisor Christian Whiton told The 
Daily Caller. "This is the Obama equivalent of Carter's decision to give 
away the Panama Canal -- only with possibly much worse consequences."

The U.S. Commerce Department announced late Friday it would relinquish 
control of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 
-- the organization charged with managing domain names, assigning Internet 
protocol addresses and other crucial Web functions -- after its current 
contract expires next year.

In response to months of mounting criticism from the global community over 
sweeping National Security Surveillance programs leaked by former agency 
contractor Edward Snowden, the administration surrendered to allegations 
it had too much influence over the Web through ICANN, which designates the 
roadmap from web-connected devices to websites and servers across the 
globe.

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