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US Relaxes Control Over ICANN
An anonymous reader tips news that the US Dept. of Commerce has signed an agreement with ICANN to end their current oversight responsibilities and allow more input from the global community. "The move comes after European regulators and other critics have said the US government could wield too much influence over a system used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Those critics have complained, among other things, about the slow rollout of Internet addresses entirely in languages other than English." The US will still be involved; every three years, ICANN's work will be evaluated by a committee, one member of which will be from the Dept. of Commerce.
ICANN HAZ DOMAIN?
I guess ICANN remember that.
This all sounds like Socialism to me!
+1 IDisagreeSoHeMustBeATrollOrAnAstroturferOrAShill
Oh yeah, I can already see it...
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And to think some people complained that English was overrepresented on the internet...
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
I want to run around shooting guns and have working inexpensive health-care!
True, seems that the US is just plain better at it.
didn't the US develop this wonderful thing called the internet. didn't it start with DARPA then spread to schools then large business then to the general population. Why shouldn't we keep dibs on it and call the shots the way other countries tell us hands off isn't it our turn ?