Securing the Blessings of Liberty
by Senator Ted Cruz • The Daily Signal The incredible ingenuity of the American people invented the internet—one of the most transformational technologies in human history. But even though we…
The Texas senator blocks legislation that could lead to world-wide censorship of the Web. by L. Gordon Crovitz • Wall Street Journal Sen. Ted Cruz wants…
Proposal recommends role played by government be replaced by ICANN itself, an oversight committee and a review process involving many interested parties The Guardian An international group of internet experts…
by John Kneuer • Washington Times In a little-noticed corner at the intersection of technology and policy, big changes are underway that could have a profound…
Yahoo The overseers of the Internet on Monday published a keenly anticipated proposal to step out from under US oversight. Under the plan, nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and…
Officials aim to control online discourse and reduce U.S. influence by James T. Areddy • Wall Street Journal As social media helped topple regimes in the…
Congress is wrong to take itself out of the game. by Peter Roff • US News & World Report If, as CQ.com reported Thursday, GOP congressional leaders…
By Peter Roff • The Daily Caller The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – once an obscure nonprofit that was ostensibly important just to…
To forestall censorship by authoritarian governments, the White House must renew the Icann contract. By L. Gordon Crovitz • The Wall Street Journal We’re at the…
by Jared Smith Overview When the United States Government announced its intent to forfeit its historical role of providing oversight for the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), it did so…
by Peter Roff • Washington Times Many of those watching the pro-democracy demonstrations underway right now in Hong Kong are concerned, appropriately, about the impact they will have…
by Horace Cooper • Politix Last spring the White House announced that it would go forward with an effort to relinquish all American oversight over the operation…
by Peter Roff Whoever controls the Internet may control the future of global commerce. As more and more commercial platforms are developed, commerce is moving from Main Street into cyberspace…
The House is trying to block an Obama plan to cede control of the Internet. by Peter Roff By a vote of 229 to 178, the U.S. House of Representatives…
by Gov. Bobby Jindal It was an act generations from now will regret: The country that invented the Internet unilaterally decided to give it away — jeopardizing the freedoms of…