EU calls on US to give up internet oversight
Last Updated: Monday, May 4, 2009 | 9:18 AM ET
The Associated Press
A senior European Union official called on U.S. President Barack Obama to give up United States oversight of the internet.
Major decisions on how the internet is run are made solely by the California-based non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN.
It is overseen by the U.S. Commerce Department under an agreement that expires Sept. 30.
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding, the EU's internet chief, called for the severing of links between ICANN and the U.S. government.
Instead, he wants monitoring by an independent legal authority and a group of 12 countries that would meet regularly to discuss internet governance and security.
The previous U.S. administration resisted efforts to hand ICANN oversight to a United Nations agency.
© The Canadian Press, 2009
Share Tools
Big Box Advertisement
Top News Headlines
- Refugee reforms include fingerprints, no appeals for some
- New, tougher reforms to refugee legislation that hasn't yet come into force are already drawing fire from critics who say they give Canada's immigration minister too much power and risk the lives of claimants. more »
- Underwear bomber sentenced to life in prison
- A Nigerian man who tried to blow up an international flight near Detroit on behalf of al-Qaida has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. more »
- 7 MPs and their fiery quotes
- The election of a majority government was seen by some as a chance for less acrimonious politics on Parliament Hill. But the past week has seen its fair share of inflammatory rhetoric on both sides of the House. more »
- Bully victim's mother tells of 'suicide box'
- A mother who hired a bodyguard to protect her bullied daughter says the girl had prepared a "suicide box" in case the violence became unbearable. more »
Latest Technology & Science News Headlines
- Apple to stop apps from stealing smartphone contacts
- Apple says it is making policy changes to stop iPhone apps from copying contacts in users' address books without permission. more »
- Moore defends Canada's 'different path' on copyright bill
- Heritage Minister James Moore says Canada's copyright legislation is taking a very different path from a controversial U.S. piracy bill that drew widespread protests. more »
- Canada helps target pollution in developing world
- Soot and methane pollution in the developing world are being targeted by a new coalition of six countries, including Canada. more »
- Online surveillance bill could change, Harper signals
- The government says it's open to amending its bill that would give police and intelligence agencies new powers to access Canadians' electronic communications and get telecommunications subscriber data. more »
Bob McDonald's Blog
Glacier Discovery Walk: Will the visitor centre enhance the view? Feb. 14, 2012 9:22 AM Environment minister Peter Kent has announced the construction of a new Glacier Discovery Walk and visitor centre on the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park. It raises the issue of how to balance commercial development in our National Parks against the preservation of the last refuges of wilderness.
Quirks & Quarks
- February 18: Guitar Hero, or Guitar Zero? Feb. 15, 2012 10:53 AM An NYU professor of psychology describes how he was able to learn to play the guitar in midlife in spite of a limited musical aptitude, and what it tells us about how our brains learn.
Latest Features
- Dog kills newborn in Alberta community
- Montreal telemarketers in fraud case still making calls
- Refugee reforms include fingerprints, no appeals for some
- Bully victim's mother tells of 'suicide box'
- Honduras prison fire is world's deadliest
- Degrassi's Wheels death announced, 5 years later
- Nortel collapse linked to Chinese hackers
- 2 small earthquakes rattle Vancouver Island
- Barefoot girl's icy trek not blamed on babysitter
Big Box Advertisement
