In an unusual alliance, Donald Trump is siding with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is leading the push to prevent the transfer from taking effect Oct. 1.
Congress should block the handover, “or internet freedom will be lost for good, since there will be no way to make it great again once it is lost,” Stephen Miller, national policy director for the Trump campaign, said in a statement.
“The US should not turn control of the Internet over to the United Nations and the international community,” Trump’s national policy director, Stephen Miller, said in a statement. “President Obama intends to do so on his own authority — just 10 days from now, on Oct. 1, unless Congress acts quickly to stop him.”
‘”Net Neutrality’ is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government,” Cruz wrote on Twitter.
I know, I know, I know, this is not about science or the climate or the coming ice age. But anything that smacks of restricting my right to publish about these very subjects directly affects me.
http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-cyber-congress-idUSL2N1BX2ES
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/politics/trump-cruz-internet-domain-names/
http://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-net-neutrality-is-obamacare-for-the-internet-2014-11
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