US Maintains Internet Control

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CNN reports that a deal was made late Tuesday to allow ICANN to maintain control of the Top Level Domain servers, under international oversight.

The summit was originally conceived to address the digital divide -- the gap between information haves and have-nots -- by raising both consciousness and funds for projects.

Instead, it has centered largely around Internet governance: oversight of the main computers that control traffic on the Internet by acting as its master directories so Web browsers and e-mail programs can find other computers.

The accord reached late Tuesday also called for the establishment of a new international group to give more countries a stronger say in how the Internet works, including the issue of making domain names -- currently done in the Latin languages -- into other languages, such as Chinese, Urdu and Arabic.

Under the terms of the compromise, the new group, the Internet Governance Forum, would start operating next year with its first meeting opened by Annan. Beyond bringing its stakeholders to the table to discuss the issues affecting the Internet, and its use, it won't have ultimate authority.

Source: CNN

airbornflght

heh. we have them, always have, where do you think it started. why is the internet any business of nato? thats what i want to know. they are our server. so we are gonna keep then in america plain and simple. not to mention the us is one of the most secure places in the world to house a server.