Other Nations Fight U.S.’s Control Over Internet
Many countries are now questioning the U.S. Government control over internet. Today, through a private company, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the Department of Commerce (DoC) controls the “root servers” that host the basic directory for the internet. This came about because the U.S. Government originally funded the internet where it has blossomed into a worldwide communications media.
Many countries are now questioning whether the internet should be controlled by a world body such as the UN. Discussions bring up many concerns to include privacy issues, nations filtering content, and other nations that are completely dependent on the internet for collecting taxes to providing basic Government services. See SmartMobs posting Breaking America’s grip on the net for more details.
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In the early days, an enlightened Department of Commerce (DoC) pushed and funded expansion of the internet. And when it became global, it created a private company, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) to run it.
But the DoC retained overall control, and in June stated what many had always feared: that it would retain indefinite control of the internet’s foundation - its “root servers”, which act as the basic directory for the whole internet.