The future of the internet is up in the air Big decisions about internet governance and freedom are in the making

The organization that currently maintains the easy global flow of the internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is about to be released from under the US Department of Commerce. Since 1998, ICANN has been operating the global domain name system from within the US gov...

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Published inGlobalPost
Main Author Pearlman, Alex
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Public Radio International (PRI) 10.12.2014
Subjects
Accountability
Censorship
Human rights
Internet access
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Summary:The organization that currently maintains the easy global flow of the internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is about to be released from under the US Department of Commerce. Since 1998, ICANN has been operating the global domain name system from within the US government, including setting policy and managing the functions of root name servers.