Eleven congressional Republicans urged President Barack Obama not to issue...
Eleven congressional Republicans urged President Barack Obama not to issue a cybersecurity executive order, in a letter sent Thursday. The bicameral group of lawmakers said an “ill-advised” executive order would “undermine” the goal of maintaining a nonregulatory, multistakeholder governance model…
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for the Internet. “Unilateral action altering oversight of the Internet in this country could be interpreted by the rest of the world as a statement of ‘do as I say, not as I do,'” the letter said. The letter noted that this year both the House and Senate passed unanimous resolutions to oppose any attempt by governments to exert control over the Internet. “An executive order exerting influence over critical infrastructure is not just a step in the wrong substantive direction. It will almost certainly be exploited by other nations to justify their efforts to regulate the Internet,” it said. The letter was signed by GOP Sens. Jim DeMint, S.C., Patrick Toomey, Pa., Kelly Ayotte, N.H., Marco Rubio, Fla., Mike Lee, Utah, House Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, Mich., House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, Ore., and Reps. Lee Terry, Neb., Bob Latta, Ohio, and Adam Kinzinger, Ill. The White House did not comment.