It’s too early to say, but we can make some predictions, both from his character and his recent appointments. So whatever policies or attitude the US president has towards the internet will have repercussions beyond America. Most internet policy analysts worry about the so-called IANA Transition in the face of the new Trump administration. Given President Trump’s ‘American First’ attitude, analysts wonder if he could reverse this critical IANA transition, clawing back the legal oversight role the US government just recently surrendered. President Trump has nominated a well-known anti-net neutrality actor as the chairman of the US communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Source: Daily Nation January 24, 2017 13:36 UTC