Net body under pressure

Wednesday, 3 July, 2002

The future is looking uncertain for Icann, the organisation that oversees the running of key parts of the internet. The organisation unanimously approved a reform plan at its recent summit that tries to make it more responsive and free it from endless policy debates. 

But some say the plan does not go far enough and that Icann is still struggling to win the backing of those involved in running other parts of the internet. 

The time Icann has to implement change is fast running out because in September the US Government will decide whether to cut the organisation free or to take direct control of it. 

The reform plan accepted at the meeting in Romania last week remakes the Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) board to give some previously critical groups a say in how it is run. 

More details at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2088911.stm

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