ON THE BRINK: The agency in charge of website addresses passed a major milestone Friday on the path to broadening the world of domain names by the end of this year. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2013
SAN FRANCISCO: The gatekeeper of Internet addresses has approved a plan to break from US oversight, shifting those symbolic functions to the broader global online community.
The plan, which now heads to the US government for approval, aims to maintain Internet governance under a “multi-stakeholder” model which avoids control of the online ecosystem by any single governmental body.
