A new policy paper from the American Enterprise Institute is staking out a position against the Obama administration’s plan to hand off control of a key component of the Internet, saying it would allow the Web to become “politicized” by governments around the world.

The statement came in a paper on cyberspace policy released on Tuesday. Authors wrote that while ICANN, the international agency responsible for administering components of the Web, had taken positive steps toward removing itself from the influence of authoritarian governments, it wasn’t enough.