Issue Of The Week: The ICANN Transition
After almost a decade, leaders of the California-based group that administers the Internet-addressing system believe that change will do them good. That change, they say, is transitioning the coordination of technical functions of the Web to the private sector -- and some believe that loosening the reins of government is going to be a chore.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush issued a statement last week that the United States "has been and remains a staunch advocate for an Internet that is based on values of freedom, enterprise and crucially coordination -- not control." His comments were read at a National Telecommunications and Information Administration summit on the topic.
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