Further to shek's thread located at: http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=8541 I thought I would put a thread up here in the "Science and Technology" section on this issue for debate, as it is central to how the internet will be managed in the future.
I am just wondering what everyone's opinion on this issue is, if you have one. Should control of domain names etc. be passed from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is a division of the US Department of Commerce, to the United Nations or not? Should something else happen? Should the internet remain under US Government control?
Full Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4296646.stm
Debate Away! :)
I am just wondering what everyone's opinion on this issue is, if you have one. Should control of domain names etc. be passed from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is a division of the US Department of Commerce, to the United Nations or not? Should something else happen? Should the internet remain under US Government control?
The US has rejected calls by European Union (EU) officials to give control of the net over to a more representative United Nations (UN) body.
Wrangling over who should essentially be the net police, managing domain names and net traffic routing fairly, has been going on for some time.
The matter is supposed to be discussed at November's World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.
Wrangling over who should essentially be the net police, managing domain names and net traffic routing fairly, has been going on for some time.
The matter is supposed to be discussed at November's World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.
Debate Away! :)
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