“While the Obama administration says it is merely removing federal oversight of a non-profit, we should assume ICANN would end up as part of the United Nations,” Whiton said. “If the U.N. gains control what amounts to the directory and traffic signals of the Internet, it can impose whatever taxes it likes. It likely would start with a tax on registering domains and expand from there.”What a disaster.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Internet giveaway weakens cybersecurity, opens door to Web tax
The Daily Caller reports: