More Lawmakers Back US Control of Internet

[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Andy Sullivan]
Reps John Doolittle (R-CA), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rick Boucher (D-VA) called on Friday for the Internet's core infrastructure to remain under U.S. control, echoing similar language introduced in the Senate earlier last week. The resolution aims to line up Congress firmly behind the Bush administration as it heads for a showdown with much of the rest of the world over control of the global computer network. Countries including Brazil and Iran want an international body to oversee the addressing system that guides traffic across the Internet, which is currently overseen by a California nonprofit body that answers to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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