EU’s top telecoms official rules out government control of the internet | EurActiv

EU’s top telecoms official rules out government control of the internet | EurActiv:

With global negotiations over the future of the Web in a standstill, the EU made its position clearer yesterday (12 February).

Neelie Kroes, the EU’s digital agenda commissioner, presented a strategy calling for a "clear timeline for the globalisation of ICANN," the US-backed, non-profit corporation which de facto runs the internet.

The EU appeal to make ICANN more open and to decrease US control is not new.