New Global Governance Coming for Internet - USA Gives Up Control

BlackListedNews · 03-17-2014, 07:00 AM

U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move that pleased international critics but alarmed some business leaders and others who rely on the 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 last year to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance.

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BlackListedNews Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 12,733 Rep Power: 58	New Global Governance Coming for Internet - USA Gives Up Control U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move that pleased international critics but alarmed some business leaders and others who rely on the 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 last year to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/black...Y-lLMNs/M.html