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The Coming Internet Shutdown?

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 would let Obama disconnect parts of the Internet in an emergency. Nicholas Ciarelli on how the government can improve security without resorting to a “kill switch.”

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The U.S. government has announced that it will ease some of its control over ICANN, a key policy-making organization that helps oversee the Internet. But other actions in Washington demonstrate how difficult it is for the government to keep its hands off its prized invention.

Exhibit A is the Cybersecurity Act...

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