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Calls to end US domination of the internet

Submitted by Karthik on 26 August, 2005 - 11:54

India, China and others are spearheading calls for the end of US control over the DNS root servers that are the foundation of the Internet. While these servers are controlled by a not-for-profit organisation named ICANN, which liaises with world governmental bodies via the GAC, many governmental bodies are not satisifed with the existing structure as ICANN still falls under the jurisdiction of the USA.

Furthermore, recent statements by the US government have confirmed the view that it is looking to maintain indefinite control over the domain name system.