[governance] ICANN head warns against putting Internet addresses under UN control

[Ginger Paque]

ICANN head warns against putting Internet addresses under UN control

Posted by Andrew Adams:

This (Canadian) Globe and Mail article includes details of Beckstrom's recent
statements against UN oversight of ICANN.

http://tinyurl.com/38m78m2

Summary: UN oversight would make ICANN "less nimble" according to Beckstrom.

My opinion: could ICANN really be any less nimble given how glacial it is at
introducing innovative ideas? Perhaps more international oversight could
pressure ICANN into prioritising the real needs of users and less the
concerns of staff which may or may not coincide with user needs.

-- 
Professor Andrew A Adams
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan


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