U.S. Government Retains ICANN Oversight

narramissic writes "ITworld reports that the U.S. Commerce Department will retain ICANN oversight for three more years, although there will be a review in 18 months of ICANN's progress toward becoming a more stable, transparent and accountable organization. The decision comes despite international pressure advocating for the U.S. government to bow out and make ICANN a totally autonomous entity."

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Re:But It Will Break

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There isn't a substantial amount of difference between US theocrats running DNS and Chinese autocrats running DNS

Sure there is. One is your imagination running wild, and the other is shit the chinese prove every day. The third option, the UN, is the devil you don't know (with respect to this issue), and I think we all know that canard, eh? Considering that everyone turns a blind eye to UN troops turning refugee camps into child brothels, among other things, I'd say the whole organization is suspect.

The US is no longer fit to lead the free world in anything anymore. This is not a troll. It really isn't.

Uh huh. Well considering no one else will step up to the plate, the rest of the world doesn't really have a whole lot of options, does it?

And you say 'moving to the right' like it's a priori a bad thing. Try to remember that slashdot isn't a 100% leftist circle-jerk, mmmkay?