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Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News In addition, the internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation created by the Clinton administration to oversee day-to-day management is located in Marina del Rey, California. [16 Nov 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News Suggestions that have been made include new mandates for "consumer protection", the power to levy taxes on domain names to pay for "universal access", and folding Icann into the International Telecommunications Union, a UN agency. [19 Oct 2005]
US can't dominate domain names, says UN
News Among the governance options put forward by the group were a continuation of the current system, creation of a world body to address public policy issues stemming from the work of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) and... [18 Jul 2005]
VeriSign suit not about 'control of the internet' says ICANN chief
News On another front ICANN had to fight off calls from some countries last year at the World Information Summit for an inter-government agency such as the UN to run the internet instead of ICANN. In an interview with silicon.com, Paul Twomey, president... [08 Mar 2004]
World Summit on the Information Society kicks off
News The anti-Icann countries would prefer to see the internet in the hands of an intergovernmental group, perhaps to be controlled the UN. Some countries, including open source fan Brazil and tech tiger China, would like to see governing body Icann... [10 Dec 2003]
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