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Milton MuellerMilton Mueller, professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in "How Donald Trump's Internet Policy Could Benefit Russia" by Science.
Excerpt:
In short, policy experts are coming out of the woodwork to say that Cruz and Trump are wrong. The pair's argument earned them three Pinocchios from Glenn Kessler, who writes the Post's Fact Checker column.
According to critics, Trump's call to stop the transition would actually wind up helping Putin rather than undermining the Russian leader.
"If the U.S. is forced to abort the transition now it would play right into the hands of authoritarian states," said Milton Mueller, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. "'Look,' they will say, 'the U.S. wants to control the Internet. Why can’t we?'"
For the full article, read here.
