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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Doesn't matter now.  Obama gave away (literally) our ownership of the internet.  [/quote]

No he didn't. Why do you folks post such hogwash? 
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[url]http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/13/obama-gives-away-internet-and-it-our-liberty/[/url]

[url]http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/09/26/495396014/republicans-say-obama-administration-is-giving-away-the-internet[/url]

[url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/jodywestby/2016/09/24/7-days-before-obama-gives-away-internet-national-security/#cfcdb2b12161[/url]

want more links?  Or can you google it yourself?  Just because it's not in dailykos, HuffPo or MotherJones doesn't mean it's not true.[/quote]

You should probably tone down the smart ass replies since it is obvious that you have no idea what you are talking about. The US government has not "owned" the Internet for decades. Without having ownership, it can not give away ownership. The Internet is a network of networks. Trying telling your Internet Service Provider that it is owned by the government. I am sure that Verizon, Comcast, RCN, or whoever will be surprised to hear that.

What the US did is allow control of certain Internet functions to pass to ICANN. Those are important functions, no doubt, but hardly constitute ownership. There are any number of other critical functions that are equally as important as those controlled by ICANN that have never (or at least not for a long time) been under US government control.

You mock the websites that you believe that I read (incorrectly, at that). But, don't have the wherewithal to make yourself an educated reader. As the NPR source to which you link makes clear, the allegations you are spreading comes from Republicans who are misrepresenting the facts for political reasons. It is actually you, not me, who has been mislead by partisanship.

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