Motherboard: Trump Backs Cruz's Plan to Sabotage the US Internet Transition
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/trump-backs-cruzs-plan-to-sabotage-the-us-internet-transition Despite Cruz and Trump's ominous warnings, internet policy and technical experts say the transfer will not somehow give countries like China or Russia the power to censor what Americans can see on the internet. "While we know that there was no love lost between Trump and Cruz during the GOP primaries, their shared colossal and shameful ignorance regarding the realities of the internet certainly makes them two of a kind," said Lauren Weinstein, a veteran internet policy and technology expert who was involved in developing the ARPANET, the precursor to the internet. - - - --Lauren-- Care About Science and Tech? Our Job One: STOP TRUMP: https://vortex.com/stop-trump - - - Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. - - - The correct term is "Internet" NOT "internet" -- please don't fall into the trap of using the latter. It's just plain wrong! _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
