Milton Mueller posting on the Internet Governance Project today, writes: "This is no April Fool's joke: here is a bill that is almost a caricature of what the rest of the world fears about U.S. control of the Internet DNS root and ICANN. Legislation unveiled today by Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, would require a Presidentially appointed cybersecurity advisory panel to ensure that national security would not be compromised before approving the renewal or modification of the contract between the U.S. government and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. According to a summary of the bill, it would 'make sure that ICANN does not succumb to foreign pressure' to end its relationship with the U.S. government."
Read full story: IGP
Updates: UPDATED Apr 02, 2009 2:54 PM PDT
Major Cybersecurity Bill Introduced In Senate InformationWeek, Apr.2.2009
Senate Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity Washington Post, Apr.2.2009
Related topics: ICANN, Internet Governance, Security
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It just makes explicit what we all know the situation has been along.