Internet to Slip Out of US Government Control by the End of 2015
SputnikNews.com
16.05.2015
Despite the wishes of a number of US lawmakers, a plan is moving forward to transition control of the Internet away from the US government and under the supervision of a global body. According to the web’s current key holder – and most of the world – that’s a good thing.
The Internet was invented by Al Gore, and as such is property of the US government, right?
Not quite, but the web’s creation does date back to research commissioned by the US government back in the 1960s. And besides, the government doesn’t own the Internet. No one does.
But the US does oversee the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). That nonprofit group is responsible for assigning Internet domain names and the corresponding numbers behind those addresses.
One year ago, the US government announced plans to relinquish technical oversight by the Department of Commerce in favor of a “global multistakeholder community,” like the United Nations.
On Thursday, the head of ICANN, Fadi Chehade, predicted that the privatization process would go through smoothly by year’s end, as all the necessary factors are nearly in place.
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