Today Representative Greg Walden, current chairman of the House
Communications and Technology subcommittee, introduced a piece
of draft legislation that lays out a series of policy points,
and regulatory perspectives on the global Internet, and the role
of the United States to both foster and protect it. As The Hill
notes, the United States Congress voted in both chambers against
United Nations control of the Internet. As TNW reported at the
time, the rare lockstep vote from both parties showed a unified
front against Internet censorship by foreign bodies. Rep.
Walden’s draft bill is impressive. We are going to take it point
by point. Formatting and bolding are all via TNW. The full text
of the bill in its original context can be found here. Given the
importance of the Internet to the global economy, it is
essential that the Internet remain stable, secure, and free from
government control. This is a clear call, and one that concludes
with a direct refutation of active government meddling in the
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