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Milton MuellerMilton Mueller, professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in "Don't Believe the Claims That the U.S. is Giving Away the Internet" by MIT Technology Review.
Excerpt:
The argument, championed by Cruz, that the transition will cede control to foreign governments is “the opposite of the truth,” according toMilton Mueller, a professor of public policy at Georgia Tech and cofounder and co-director of the Internet Governance Project. The purpose of ICANN, which Mueller helped create, is to keep Internet governance out of the hands of governments, he says.
Mueller adds that if the United States does not honor the agreement to privatize these functions, it could lend weight to arguments from nations such as China and Russia that Internet governance should be nationalized or turned over to the United Nations.
For the full article, read here.
