"Once America gives up
control of the Internet, there is no reset button. The Internet could
very well fall into the hands of the world's most anti-free speech
dictators, and we could do absolutely nothing about it.” – Jay Sekulow,
American Center for Law and Justice
(Washington, DC) – [CBN News]
Leaders are stepping up in a last-ditch effort to stop President Obama
from giving up Internet freedom "while there's still time." (Screengrab via CBN News)
The
National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) urged Congress today to stop the
Obama administration from giving up U.S. control over the Internet
address system on October 1.
The administration plans to pass web oversight to a broader online
community, removing oversight of the Internet from the supervision of a
single U.S.-monitoring body.
Many are concerned this move could endanger free speech on the
internet. Jay Sekulow from the American Center for Law and Justice
believe this internet transition could be disastrous.
"Once America gives up control of the Internet, there is no reset
button. The Internet could very well fall into the hands of the world's
most anti-free speech dictators, and we could do absolutely nothing
about it," Sekulow said in a statement.
That is why the NRB is doing everything it can to keep this measure from going forward. (Photo Credit: Pexels.com)
"Governments around the world are squashing Internet freedom within
their own borders, and a number have already made attempts to gain more
power over the global Internet through multinational bodies," NRB
president Jerry A. Johnson said.
"In this digital era, internet freedom is indispensable as a means of protecting freedom of speech," he added.
Republican leaders are also joining the fight against the transition.
Four Republican state attorneys general for Arizona, Oklahoma, Nevada,
and Texas filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the measure.
"Trusting authoritarian regimes to ensure the continued freedom of
the internet is lunacy," said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a
statement. "The president does not have the authority to simply give
away America's pioneering role in ensuring that the internet remains a
place where free expression can flourish."
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