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European Union Asks US To Free ICANN
An anonymous reader writes "Viviane Reding, Information Society Commissioner of the European Union, is calling for the United States to hand over control of ICANN (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers). She said that the organization running ICANN needs be free of control by a single nation, and rather controlled by a private entity and governed by multiple nations. ICANN, headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, was created in 1998 to oversee a number of Internet related tasks. Reding said, 'In the long run, it is not defendable that the government department of only one country has oversight of an internet function which is used by hundreds of millions of people in countries all over the world.'"
Oh no. Here comes the sternly worded letter if we don't comply.
On a serious note, they have a point.
Except for ending slavery, the Nazis, communism, & securing American independence, war has never solved anything.
We can see how well the UN has worked out, so no thanks.
You're kidding, right? They un-nazied the world! For ever!
Obviously Canada should govern it. After all it's in the name.
Yes ICANNada!
ICANN HAS ICANN??!