Incoming Trump Administration is considering taking back control of the Internet from ICANN. “We invented it. It must first serve making America great again first.” Said a senior Trump team insider.
In an exclusive with Survivability News, a senior member in the incoming Trump administration team said that President Trump is planning to take back control over the internet and the direct oversight of ICANN.
Historical Perspective.
Since 1998, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a division of the Commerce Department of the United States government had overseen the administration of various functions pertaining to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) contract with ICANN.
In 2014 the U.S. Commerce Department announced its plan to transition oversight of the non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages Internet domain names and addresses, to a yet-to-be-determined entity.
The move came after Edward Snowden’s disclosures regarding U.S. Internet surveillance which sent unprecedented criticism of the US from all over the world and its “control” through its oversight of Internet regulator ICANN.
Today’s internet traces it roots back to the US defence department who funded it and where it started. The project was Known as the Arpanet. It was designed to remain stable, resilient and able to withstand disruption from wars or other catastrophic events. Arpanet was switched on in October 1969, three months after the first human stepped on the moon, and when a message was sent between two university research labs in California, USA.
ICANN, the global Internet regulator, is a US and California non-profit corporation. and which fully transitioned out of US oversight on Oct 1st, 2016, would see itself return to US oversight once again but with more stringent restrictions and rules of engagement.
Trump 2024 Plans for retaking Internet Control
During the telephone exclusive interview, the senior Trump Transition Team insider explained that President Trump is determined “to make the Internet serve America first”, while emphasizing the word “first. The insider then added that President Trump is considering many different actions, that will deliver on this. including Presidential Executive Order.
The Insider also added that the President Trump has more pressing agenda items and promises to fulfil which he wants to deal with, such as the Russia-Ukraine and the escalating war in the Middle East.
Global Shockwaves Expected.
The new Trump Direct on retaking control of the Internet and oversight of ICANN is expected to send shockwaves world wide. direction in Internet control took place of teh day when ICANN was holding its 81 meeting in Istanbul Turkey.
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ICANN was reached for comment. no reply yet by the time of publication.
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