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Should the UN Replace ICANN?

Posted by timothy on from the gold-medal-in-arrogance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo news has a story on how some developing countries want control of the assignment of network names and numbers turned over to an international body, such as the UN's ITU (International Telecommunication Union)."

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  1. Worst idea ever by supabeast! · · Score: 1, Troll

    ICANN doesn't do a bad enough job - so let's hand control over to a group of bickering diplomats dominated by five allies with different interests who each have the power to veto anything that they feel like. How is that a good idea? Anyone who thinks that giving the UN control over ANYTHING, in particular any form of commerce, is a fool at best.

  2. I think the bigger question is... by Yonder+Way · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...should the world replace the UN? It's clearly not working.