[governance] Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?

[Arsène Tungali]

Hi parminder,

Thanks for raising the question of the lack of press coverage of this
transition with different views. I had the same impression but I am glad ou
wrote a piece with different views that i will happily read.

Regards,
Arsene

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2016-10-15 16:41 GMT+02:00 parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>:

> Hi All
>
> I wrote this commentary piece in the Economic and Political Weekly of
> India on ICANN's oversight transition. For such an important and
> multi-faceted event, it is surprising that I have come across no article
> that is other than absolutely celebratory about it, and catches properly
> the different nuances that are involved. Such a monochromatic discourse in
> the global IG space is not a good indication. There is an especial lack of
> views from a progressive and social justice perspective, and from the
> geopolitical South, both of which I have tried to catch in this brief
> article.
>
> *Internet Governance: Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?*
>
> "The recent decision of the United States government to cede its control
> over the internet’s naming and addressing system to the Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a US-based
> international non-profit body, is heralded as a significant step towards
> the globalisation of internet’s core infrastructure. But with ICANN having
> no special jurisdictional immunity and subject to the whims of the judicial
> and legislative branches of the US government as well as many of its
> executive agencies, the decision seems more symbolic than meaningful."
>
> http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/42/web-exclusives/internet-governance.html
> Comments are welcome.
> parminder
>
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