US Confirms Resistance to UN Control of Internet
UN conference in December could see some countries argue for more UN control.
The US has confirmed it would resist efforts to put the internet under the control of the United Nations.
At present several non-profit US bodies oversee the net's technical specifications and domain name system.
They operate at arms-length from the US government but officially under the remit of its Department of Commerce.
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"The US has confirmed it would resist efforts to put the internet under the control of the United Nations... for the moment.
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