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

[John Curran]

Paraminder -

I am agreed with Arsène…  While i do disagree with many of the assertions and 
reasoning contained in the article, critical analysis is essential to having informed 
discourse. 

(If nothing else, the article serves as list of potential dysfunctions that we should 
remain vigilant to avoid…) 

Thanks!
/John

> On 16 Oct 2016, at 5:27 AM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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 <http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/42/web-exclusives/internet-governance.html>Comments are welcome.
> parminder
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