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'''FCC''' is the abbreviation for '''Federal Communications Commission'''. It is an independent government agency of the United States established under the Communications Act of 1934. The FCC has been given the responsibility to monitor the interstate and international communications which include television radio, satellite, wire and cable. The jurisdiction of the FCC includes all 50 states, including the District of Columbia, as well as areas under US possession.<ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/aboutus.html fcc.gov/aboutus]</ref>

'''FCC''' is the abbreviation for '''Federal Communications Commission'''. It is an independent government agency of the United States established under the Communications Act of 1934. The FCC has been given the responsibility to monitor the interstate and international communications which include television radio, satellite, wire and cable. The jurisdiction of the FCC includes all 50 states, including the District of Columbia, as well as areas under US possession.<ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/aboutus.html fcc.gov/aboutus]</ref>

The FCC Commissioner, [[Robert McDowell]], has come out in support of the multi-stakeholder model of ICANN and current Internet governance, and has warned against governments being given ultimate control over the Internet.<ref>[http://techland.time.com/2012/02/13/the-case-against-letting-the-united-nations-govern-the-internet/ The Case Against Letting the United Nations Govern the Internet, Techland.time.com]</ref> An op-ed, published in February, 2012, in the Wall Street Journal, in which he takes a hard-line and oppositional view to current efforts to hand over Internet governance to the U.N. or its [[ITU]] can be read [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577229074023195322.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion here].

The FCC Commissioner, [[Robert McDowell]], has come out in support of the multi-stakeholder model of ICANN and current Internet governance, and has warned against governments being given ultimate control over the Internet.<ref>[http://techland.time.com/2012/02/13/the-case-against-letting-the-united-nations-govern-the-internet/ The Case Against Letting the United Nations Govern the Internet, Techland.time.com]</ref> An op-ed, published in February, 2012, in the Wall Street Journal, in which he takes a hard-line and oppositional view to current efforts to hand over Internet governance to the U.N. or its [[ITU]] can be read [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577229074023195322.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion here]. He stepped up his rhetoric later that month, claiming that giving ICANN's authority to the U.N. or its ITU would not only jeopardize a free and open Internet with limited bureaucratic involvement, but that it could undermine the Internet's overall functionality.<ref>[http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/02/fcc-commissioner-ending-icann.php FCC Commissioner Ending ICANN, ReadWriteWeb.com]</ref>

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