Republican senator and failed presidential candidate Ted Cruz is on a mission to save the internet. He wants the US to keep control of ICANN, the organisation which runs the internet's address book. ICANN oversees IP addresses, the numbers that describe a computer's place on the internet, and their corresponding web addresses such as google.com, The organisation holds a contract with the US Department of Commerce for this and other functions, but that runs out on 30 September, after which ICANN will no longer be legally bound to the US government.
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