by americanprosperity staff
April 4, 2014
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President Obama’s recent plan to transfer control over Internet domains from the US government to an international organization has generated a firestorm of criticism. Here’s what this controversy is all about…
The contract between ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the company that oversees Internet IP addresses and domain names, and the U.S. government is set to expire in 2015.
A proposal floated by a division of the U.S. Commerce Department stated that the government would transfer oversight from ICANN to an multinational organization after the existing agreement expired.