The House unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday aimed at preserving the...
The House unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday aimed at preserving the multi-stakeholder model for the Internet. Senate Concurrent Resolution 50 is nearly identical to a House proposal authored by outgoing Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif. (House Concurrent Resolution 127), which…
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attempts to preserve “the multi-stakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived.” Bono Mack’s spokesman said the language in the two resolutions differs slightly but both have “the same effect.” House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., separately said U.S. lawmakers should continue to oppose any attempt by the U.N. to regulate the Internet, at an event hosted Wednesday by the Villanova School of Business. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” Walden said. “The Internet has thrived under government’s hands-off policy, and I will fight attempts to roll back that policy, either abroad or at home. I'm sorry to say these international efforts are unlikely to end with the WCIT.”