According to former U.S. president Bill Clinton, Obama’s plan to relinquish control of the Internet will enable foreign governments to crack down and limit Internet freedom.
Clinton joins a lengthy list of critics of the U.S.’ decision to give up oversight of ICANN, the non-profit organization responsible for managing Web domains and IP standards, Re/code reports. Speaking at Arizona State University, Clinton and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales doubted the benefits of such a change.
Bluntly, Clinton claims introducing a system of global oversight will empower “governments that want to gag people, and restrict access to the Internet.”
“I understand in theory why we should have a multi-stakeholder process…I just know that a lot of these so-called stakeholders are really governments that want to gag people, and restrict access to the Internet.”
Clinton asked Wales on stage if he is concerned that this decision will negatively impact Internet freedom. In response, Wales said “yes, I’m very worried about it.”
Both Clinton and Wales (controversially) claim the National Security Agency revelations should not affect judgement of the U.S.’ ability to oversee the Internet. Clinton exclaimed that the U.S. “has kept the Internet free.”
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Bill Clinton: If the U.S. gives up Internet oversight, Internet freedom will suffer
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