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Cruz and Duffy Introduce Legislation To Block IANA Transition Citing Internet Freedom

June 8, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Senator Ted Cruz has upped the ante in his campaign against ICANN and the IANA transition. Over the past few months Cruz has written multiple letters to ICANN and others. Today, however, he switched gears and introduced a bill to the US Senate. The bill’s very title gives an indication of its tone and content: “The Protecting Internet Freedom Act”.

The “freedom” line isn’t a new one for Cruz and his supporters and is explained in a press release and background document the senator released earlier today to coincide with the bill’s introduction.

You can read both the background document and the bill in its entirety below. Short version: the IANA transition is a terrible idea and if the US government lets it proceed it’ll be ceding control of the internet to evil regimes such as China and Russia.

The entire thing is predicated on an intentional misinterpretation of both the US relationship with ICANN and the IANA functions, as well as a visceral rejection of any policies tabled by the outgoing Obama administration.

That the bill was introduced won’t come as a surprise by most ICANN observers. If it hadn’t come from Cruz, it’d have probably been tabled by another conservative. Bear in mind that for many US conservatives the Internet is viewed as being “American” and the IANA transition would mean ceding US “property” to foreign powers.

Here’s the background document:

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And the bill in its entirety:

[spiderpowa-pdf src=”https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20160524_ProtectingInternetFreedomAct.pdf”]20160524_ProtectingInternetFreedomAct

What next? I guess we’ll find out in the coming weeks.

 

 

Filed Under: iana, icann Tagged With: Domain name, icann, internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, United States, United States Department of Commerce

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade.
He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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