US must insist on Internet remaining free and open

[Commentary] As we note the 25th anniversary of the birth of Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web, the integrity of the Internet is threatened as never before. China and Russia are launching cyberattacks at unprecedented levels, and the NSA's hacking and spying are destroying trust in technology. In that context, the Obama Administration has announced it will give up US control of the Internet to an international governing body. This has been in the works for more than a decade -- but the President needs to be certain that the transition to a nonprofit will maintain a free and open system. That is not at all clear today. Silicon Valley can't keep driving the US economy unless the guiding principles that shaped the Internet are the foundation of its next governing body.