FCC's Ajit Pai: "Our red line should be any change to the Internet’s governance structure that would provide repressive foreign governments with any more influence at all over the Internet."

APRIL 23, 2014 12:25 PM

Giving Up the Internet: Still Risky 
Relinquishing control of ICANN to international stakeholders could empower repressive regimes. 

By Ajit Pai

"The Commerce Department has assured us that it will not accept a “government-led or intergovernmental organization solution” as a replacement for the U.S. role. But just ruling out the possibility that foreign governments will control the new steward isn’t good enough. Our red line should be any change to the Internet’s governance structure that would provide repressive foreign governments with any more influence at all over the Internet."

HT:SD