House Leaders Urge Preservation Of ICANN Role (US)

[Horacio T. Cadiz]

Milton L Mueller wrote:

>> The lawmakers also asked the Commerce Department to comment on the
>> possibility of an overseas relocation of the Internet Corporation for
>> Assigned Names and Numbers, which is currently based in Marina Del
>> Ray, Calif. Rumors have swirled in recent years that some foreign
>> government and industry stakeholders want ICANN's headquarters to move
>> to Brussels.
>
> Oh great. Let's bring in the US-EU rivalry. If it moves to Brussels it
> will be under EU control, right?

Perhaps they were thinking of moving it under the UN control in NY. Wait, if it
is in NY ...


> This one gets me hot under the collar. What in the h*** has the U.S.
> ever done to promote freedom of expression via ICANN? On the contrary,
> they have persistently refused to acknowledge it as a principle
> underpinning ICANN's regime, since 1997. And the most overt and direct
> interference of the US in ICANN's affairs was in relation to the .xxx
> affair, which was an act of censorship.

I agree.


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Bombim Cadiz
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