U.S. Finally Gives Up Control of the Internet - Truthdig

U.S. Finally Gives Up Control of the Internet - Truthdig:

 Perhaps a reaction to concerns over spying and other abuses, the United States will relinquish its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

The announcement promises to transition control away from the Commerce Department and toward a new international body of “stakeholders.”

The Internet is truly an international network, and it makes little sense to have it controlled, ultimately, by a national department, but some existing stakeholders, according to The Washington Post, are worried about the network’s future stability.