White House: Transferring Internet control is limited government

Published September 22, 2016 7:23pm ET



The White House mocked GOP nominee Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz for trying to prevent the Commerce Department from transferring technical oversight of the Internet to an international body.

“It doesn’t withstand scrutiny,” President Obama’s spokesman Josh Earnest said on Thursday.

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