Congress is “unified” behind the idea that the Internet should...
Congress is “unified” behind the idea that the Internet should remain “free of governmental control” and that multistakeholder governance is a “proven model” for benefitting people around the world, said the co-chairs of the Congressional Internet Caucus in a letter…
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dated Tuesday and released Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bnzoqb). They told Terry Kramer, who is leading the U.S. delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunications in December, that House and Senate resolutions to that effect passed “without a single dissenting vote.” Nations can work together on cybersecurity, intellectual property protection and online privacy, but Congress is “wary of any attempt by unaccountable intergovernmental entities to usurp control of the Internet” from the various entities that have managed the Internet and made it “flourish,” the caucus leaders said. There would be “dire consequences” from such usurpation, they told Kramer: “We fear that our cherished notions of free speech would be chilled on the global platform, leading to a balkanization of the Internet where censorship would become the new norm.” The letter was signed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. -- considered a likely chairman of the House Judiciary Committee next Congress (CD Nov 2 p5) -- House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy, D-Vt., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.