Internet oversight transfer by U.S. could face new hurdles
U.S. plans to transfer the oversight of key technical Internet functions to an international multi-stakeholder governance model have run into hurdles, with two bills being introduced on Wednesday that would require the government to first take the approval of Congress for the transition.
A bill called the Protecting Internet Freedom Act, proposed in the Senate by Ted Cruz (R-Texas), would prohibit any transfer of Internet domain name system functions except if expressly allowed under a federal statute passed after the new legislation has been enacted.
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