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'Battle for the soul of the Internet'?
(old news - 03:57PM Monday Jun 06 2005)
tags: world · ICANN
As we've mentioned, many countries would like to see control over the Internet shifted from ICANN to a less "America-centric" outfit like the UN's ITU. Elliot Noss of Tucows? Not a big fan of the idea: "We could expect to see the likes of Internet pioneer Vint Cerf replaced by some dictator's wife's third cousin." In March, CNET interviewed Houlin Zhao, director of the ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. Should any part of Internet Governance be handed over to the ITU?

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