internet. we are talking about the naming authority. and how website names are reserved and assigned, the way it works right now, the u.s. commence department overseas a contract with a private entitty and called the internet corporation. and the administration wants to end the u.s. oversight and already a group of republicans in the house is pushing a bill to oppose the move. it is not conceding control of the internet to anybody. i can is the phone book issuer and issues the names and numbers. it is the internet corporation for assigning names and numbers. that s all it is. oshs ponents think the issue runs much deeper than that and what happens if the international community wield the authority against other countries like israel. international communities canada and syria and denmark, it
with details. there is a battle brewing in congress over this. growing opposition to the administration s plan to eliminate u.s. oversight of the internet. we re talking about the internet s naming authority. how website names are reserved and assigned. the way it works right now, the u.s. commerce department overseas a contract with a private entity that handles name management, called the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers. the administration wants to end u.s. oversight, but already a group of republicans in the house is pushing a bill to oppose that move. for some, though, this is not a big deal. this isn t seeding control of the internet to anybody. ican is literally the phone book issuer of the internet. it issues the names and numbers, it s the internet corporation for assigning names and numbers, that s all it is. opponents think the issue runs much deeper than that. what happens if the international community decides to wield this authority against