reminder that ted cruz is the same person that said net neutrality is "obamacare for the internet." (tweet) i would not trust his word when it comes to the internet.
some reading:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/14/icann-internet-control-domain-names-ianathis doesn't mean that other countries or the US are going to start blocking websites. it means that the US department of commerce is finally and officially ending its oversight over ICANN, meaning it will from here on operate independently of government input (as long as, i'm guessing, they aren't doing anything illegal). this was supposed to happen long ago back in 2000. the most likely scenario is that nothing will change, and the threat of the US government maliciously pressuring ICANN to make decisions is gone. if ICANN starts taking it upon itself to become a tollgate for the internet what'll probably happen is that there will be an international outcry for them to forget off, but as it stands i see no reason why they would choose to do this.
to those who dont understand what this means is that in 2 hours and 17 minutes as of now, the united states will start to enforce ICANN, an international organization that would allow countries such as russia, iran, and china as examples to block websites and content they see undesirable on U.S. soil
TL;DR - united states becomes a cuck state to backwards stuffholes like russia iran and china in 2 hours or something
it isnt literal "control of the internet". its more of our government protecting our freedom of speech and freedom of access to information to the people
this is near enough to the opposite of what is happening
someone who knows a lot more about the structure of the internet probably could tell a whole lot more than i can, but to my understanding this is being overblown dramatically by politicians who don't quite get how the internet works. after all the NSA nonsense, the US government to having legal control over ICANN seems like a pretty bad idea anyway
