Sec Pritzker: US won't allow 'Internet to be co-opted'

Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker insisted that the United States would prevent the Internet from being "co-opted" by any government or person.

She said the United States will remain a champion of an open Internet, as the Commerce Department plans to move away from its oversight role of the system that governs Internet addresses. "Let me be clear about this: The United States will not allow the global Internet to be co-opted by any person, entity or nation seeking to substitute their parochial world view for the collective wisdom of the community," she said. She added: "We know that those interested in government control tend to be countries that censor content and stifle the free-flow of information."