Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: *parminder* <parminder () itforchange net>
Date: Saturday, October 15, 2016
Subject: [Internet Policy] Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?
To: "internetpolicy () elists isoc org" <internetpolicy () elists isoc org>


Hi All

I wrote this commentary piece in the Economic and Political Weekly of India
on ICANN's oversight transition.

*Internet Governance: Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?*

"The recent decision of the United States government to cede its control
over the internet’s naming and addressing system to the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a US-based
international non-profit body, is heralded as a significant step towards
the globalisation of internet’s core infrastructure. But with ICANN having
no special jurisdictional immunity and subject to the whims of the judicial
and legislative branches of the US government as well as many of its
executive agencies, the decision seems more symbolic than meaningful."

http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/42/web-exclusives/internet-governance.html
Comments are welcome.
parminder



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