{"id":29250,"date":"2016-09-20T07:18:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T11:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29250"},"modified":"2016-09-20T07:18:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T11:18:07","slug":"free-speech-under-attack-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29250","title":{"rendered":"Free Speech Under Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Washington Examiner<\/a> posted an article about the upcoming transfer of the Internet<\/a>. On September 30, the United States<\/a> will transfer control of the Internet to a multi-stakeholder, nonprofit called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers<\/a>, or ICANN.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

But Cruz (Senator Ted Cruz<\/a>) and other critics have labeled the transfer an “Internet surrender,” and say the ceding of U.S. control will allow more than 160 countries, including authoritarian regimes<\/a>, to have some influence over what is allowed and prohibited on the Internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During Congressional hearings last week, ICANN’s CEO and President<\/a> Goran Marby told Congress<\/a> that he did not believe that ICANN was bound by the First Amendment<\/a>. So why are turning over something that provides an alternative to the heavily biased media we have in America to an organization that will not protect free speech? That is a dangerous thing to do–particularly right before an important election.<\/p>\n

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