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Icann Endorses Plan to Cede Internet Oversight
The proposal from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers aims to maintain Internet governance under a "multi-stakeholder" model which avoids control of the online ecosystem by any single governmental body.
Credit: Phys.org
The U.S. government has endorsed a plan to cede its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to the broader online community.
The plan aims to maintain Internet governance under a "multi-stakeholder" model that avoids control of the online ecosystem by any single governmental body.
"The Internet's multi-stakeholder community has risen to the challenge we gave them to develop a transition proposal that would ensure the Internet's domain name system will continue to operate as seamlessly as it currently does," says the U.S. Commerce Department's Lawrence Strickling.
The plan is a response to the U.S. government's March 2014 announcement that it would transition "stewardship" of online domain name system technical functions from the Commerce Department to a body that would fairly represent all parties with interests in a vibrant and healthy Internet. The proposal was crafted over the course of two years with input from businesses, academia, governments, and others.
The plan will not affect how users interact online, but will turn over the technical supervision of the online address system to ICANN. The new system will include checks and balances so no single entity can exert control over the Internet.
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