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Sorry if I'm missing something, but what's the context for "President Obama wants to hand over the keys to the Internet to countries like China and Russia"? I c

by folz 10y ago

Sorry if I'm missing something, but what's the context for "President Obama wants to hand over the keys to the Internet to countries like China and Russia"? I can't seem to find the right phrases to google.

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fraserharris 10y ago
Probably related to ICANN being moved out from under the US State Department.
nickff 10y ago
This is a response to the potential internationalization of ICANN, and most importantly, its IANA department.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority#Oversight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Auth...
- folz 10y ago
  Ah, thanks very much! For confused readers like me, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579439653103639452 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527023035462045794396... is a good article linked from the Wikipedia page. (Google the title "U.S. Plans to Give Up Oversight of Web Domain Manager" and click through from search to avoid the paywall.)
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