The US is extending its oversight of a body that controls part of the Internet’s structure, the Department of Commerce said, postponing a possible handover of responsibilities to a private entity.
Assistant secretary for communications Lawrence Strickling posted an update Monday on plans to hand over domain name system oversight to a private body.
A plan under consideration would see the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) create a separate legal body that would be contracted to handle key technical functions of the online address system.
Such a system would help put to rest questions about why the US has a unique role in the functioning of the global Internet. Read more.
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