{"580501":{"#nid":"580501","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Fact Checker: Cruz\u0027s Claim That ICANN\u0027s Transition Will Empower Foes to Censor the Internet","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMilton Mueller, professor in the School of Public Policy,\u0026nbsp;was quoted in \u0026quot;Cruz\u0026#39;s Claim That ICANN\u0026#39;s Transition Will Empower Foes to Censor the Internet\u0026quot; by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Washington Post\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EICANN says it is only a technical administrator that does not regulate content on the Internet, and that Cruz is claiming it has power that does not exist. \u0026ldquo;The U.S. government has never, and has never had the ability to, set the direction of the community\u0026rsquo;s policy development work based on First Amendment ideas,\u0026rdquo; the statement said. \u0026ldquo;Yet that is exactly what Senator Cruz is suggesting. The U.S. government has no decreased role. Other governments have no increased role. There is simply no change to governmental involvement in policy development work in ICANN.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExperts who favor the ICANN transition are scornful of Cruz\u0026rsquo;s assertions, saying they are a mash of misinformation and falsehoods. \u0026ldquo;Simply ending U.S. approval of root zone file changes does not alter the policymaking process in ways that increase the influence of foreign governments or global corporations. In some respects, the reforms associated with the transition reduce the power of GAC by requiring it to have consensus before it can offer advice,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.internetgovernance.org\/people\/milton-mueller\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMilton Mueller\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ruling-Root-Internet-Governance-Cyberspace\/dp\/0262632985\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eauthor of a book on ICANN\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2016\/09\/21\/cruzs-claim-that-icanns-transition-will-empower-foes-to-censor-the-internet\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-09-21 13:28:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:25","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"graduation 2023","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2016\/09\/21\/cruzs-claim-that-icanns-transition-will-empower-foes-to-censor-the-internet\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"543661":{"id":"543661","type":"image","title":"Milton Mueller","body":null,"created":"1465826400","gmt_created":"2016-06-13 14:00:00","changed":"1475895333","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:33","alt":"Milton Mueller","file":{"fid":"90828","name":"milton_mueller.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/milton_mueller.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/milton_mueller.png","mime":"image\/png","size":154193,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/milton_mueller.png?itok=Lmd4bYWg"}}},"media_ids":["543661"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}