 On May 17, 2013, Commissioner McDowell stepped down from the Commission to join the Hudson Institute's Center for Economics of the Internet as a visiting fellow.Commissioner McDowell has long maintained that the Internet should remain free from government intrusion and that Internet governance works best through the non-governmental "Multistakeholder Model".This structure, which has been in place since the Internet's inception has worked well, he argues and is directly responsible for the Internet's rapid adoption throughout the globe.