US to extend Internet oversight role
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.
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.
Internet
Aug 18, 2015
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The internet today is far bigger and more inextricably linked to our daily lives than its creators in the 1970s and 1980s could have imagined. So perhaps it is not surprising that some of the structures put in place decades ...
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Aug 14, 2015
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The overseers of the Internet on Monday published a keenly anticipated proposal to step out from under US oversight.
Internet
Aug 3, 2015
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The US government's stepping away from a key oversight role of the Internet will strengthen its governance and ease political pressures, the top Internet administrator said Wednesday.
Internet
Jul 9, 2015
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The head of the group that oversees all Internet addresses will step down early next year, after a plan to end US oversight of the key nonprofit organization.
Internet
May 21, 2015
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The head of the nonprofit group that oversees the world's Internet addresses expressed confidence Thursday that it would be privatized and out of US government control by year's end.
Internet
May 14, 2015
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The new Internet domain .sucks has stirred up a firestorm over free online speech and the potential for extortion against companies and individuals.
Internet
Apr 9, 2015
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Plans to transfer control of Internet overseer ICANN from US hands to a globally representative body could be jeopardised unless a deal is reached before the 2016 US elections, the group's chief warned Monday.
Internet
Feb 9, 2015
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The head of the Internet overseer ICANN conceded Thursday that the United States may have to extend its control over the group beyond September as governments bicker over a replacement regulatory regime.
Internet
Feb 5, 2015
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The private agency that acts as a gatekeeper for the Internet on Wednesday said that hackers tricked their way into its computers.
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Dec 18, 2014
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