EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month

freaktheclown writes "The battle for the control of the Internet could hit a climax next month, with the EU saying that it could 'fall apart.' From the article: 'The European commission is warning that if a deal cannot be reached at a meeting in Tunisia next month the Internet will split apart. At issue is the role of the US government in overseeing the Internet's address structure, called the domain name system (DNS), which enables communication between the world's computers. It is managed by the California-based, not-for-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) under contract to the US Department of Commerce.'"

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Re:Isn't it obvious...

[Ignignot]

Except given the UN's history, I wouldn't be suprised if things like "remove all domains with racism in them" went through as part of some larger deal between several countries. Everyone is agreed that up until now, the united states has kept their hands off the ICANN and DNS servers. Do you expect something like the UN to mess with the servers more, or less?