U.S. to Give Up Remaining Control of Internet Address System -- Bloomberg Businessweek
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which has managed the system since 1998 under a U.S. government contract that expires next year, is being asked to convene interested groups from around the world to develop a proposal to transition the system. ICANN said it plans to begin a consultation process March 24 at a meeting in Singapore.
Pressure has been building internationally for the U.S. to give up the last vestiges of control over a system that gives websites the unique identifiers essential for users to find what they’re looking for online. Nations in the European Union have called for more global supervision of the system, a topic that has grown in importance amid an increase in cyber-attacks, censorship in some nations and government spying.
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My Comment: I knew that this was coming down .... and being one who embraced the web in the early 1990s when Netscape first showed up .... predictable. Expect other countries to now limit and control information by controlling their own country's web address allocation ... they will decide who will get it .... and who will not.
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