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How do you like this? Obama just sold the Internet!!?
Washington (AFP) - The US government on Saturday ended its formal oversight role over the internet, handing over management of the online address system to a global non-profit entity.
The US Commerce Department announced that its contract had expired with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which manages the internet's so-called "root zone."
That leaves ICANN as a self-regulating organization that will be operated by the internet's "stakeholders" -- engineers, academics, businesses, non-government and government groups.
The move is part of a decades-old plan by the US to "privatize" the internet, and backers have said it would help maintain its integrity around the world.
US and ICANN officials have said the contract had given Washington a symbolic role as overseer or the internet's "root zone" where new online domains and addresses are created.
But critics, including some US lawmakers, argued that this was a "giveaway" by Washington that could allow authoritarian regimes to seize control.
5 Answers
- Anonymous5 years ago
My question about the Republicans dropping Trump was about Republicans being responsible for Trump! Nothing about blaming anything else on Republicans. Learn how to read and comprehend!
- Anonymous5 years ago
How do we like your lack of understanding? The Internet was not Obama's or even America's to sell. ICANN is not the Internet.
- forte88engLv 75 years ago
i believe it's a good thing as i prefer the internet to be in the hands of experts in their fields rather than a government entity. from uk.
