U.S. to relinquish remaining control over the Internet

[DonViejo]

Source: Washington Post


U.S. officials announced plans to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm many business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of the Web.

Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance last year.





Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/us-to-relinquish-remaining-control-over-the-internet/2014/03/14/0c7472d0-abb5-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_story.html

[groundloop]

1. "rely on smooth functioning of the Web" HA !!!!!!

With Comcast and a few other huge telecoms controlling much of internet delivery there are a lot worse things to worry about than letting an international group assign web addresses.

[Tx4obama]

2. Kick. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

3. US to relinquish key oversight role for Internet

US to relinquish key oversight role for Internet
Saturday, 15 March 2014 04:33
Posted by Abdul Ahad

WASHINGTON: The US government announced Friday it was giving up its key role in charge of the Internet's technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multistakeholder community."

The US Commerce Department said it would seek "to convene global stakeholders to develop a proposal" for a transition away from US government oversight of the Internet's domain name system.

The move "marks the final phase of the privatization" of the Internet domain system, a statement said.

In 1997, the Internet domain system was handed over by the US government to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a non-profit group.

More:
http://www.brecorder.com/world/north-america/162443.html
(Agence France-Presse)