Washington Examiner – Lawmaker: Save .mil websites from foreign hackers
It’s one of multiple GOP proposals that could delay the transition, which proponents of the new style of Internet governance fear could inspire China and Russia to attempt to take control of the Internet in their countries.
“The notion of a delay simply sends the signal that the U.S. believes that the role we hold is so valuable that we’re not giving it up, and we’ve reiterated to China, Russia and the United Nations that they want to step into those shoes,” Netchoice Executive Director Steve DelBianco told a Senate panel in May. “And that’s the biggest danger of the delay.”