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How America Ceded Control of Internet Domains

For many people, 2016 was marked by a loss of American ingenuity. Prince, Muhammed Ali, Carrie Fisher, John Glenn, even American control of internet domains all came to pass this year. It should be noted that last loss, for supporters of free internet, is one to be celebrated. Host John Sepulvado talks with David Conrad, CTO of ICANN, about the series of events that led to the change.

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John's from Southern California. He attended Journalism School at Florida A&M in Tallahassee. John's reporting has earned four Edward R. Murrow awards for investigations, and he shared in a Peabody for CNN's Gulf Coast Oil-Spill Coverage. He has also won numerous other national and regional awards for his investigative and multimedia coverage.