15.03.2014 - 14:55 [ Techdirt ]

US Relinquishing What Tiny Control It Had Of The Internet… If UN Isn‘t Allowed To Take Over

That‘s a good thing. From what‘s being said, it sounds like the Commerce Department would like ICANN to continue more or less the way it has been running, just without the official claim to being overseen by the Commerce Department. Could that lead to troubles down the road? Sure. But, frankly, the US more or less forced itself into this position with its idiotic decision to let the NSA spy on everything. Before that, plenty of other countries were happy with de facto US „control“ over the internet. But once it became clear just how deep the NSA‘s claws were within the internet, even former allies began to demand changes.