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January 9, 2008, National Journal's Tech Daily

The Move to Non-Roman Domains

 ICANN’s move to incorporate non-Roman characters into Web addresses, namely making domain name suffixes available in foreign language characters, continues to draw concern from industry experts who say that while such options bring more user choice they also raise fears of censorship, security and internet control. In a National Journal Technology Daily story (subscription only), NetChoice Executive Director Steve DelBianco said that the Chinese government might try to assert control over conduct or content of American companies if they are forced to register Chinese versions of their current domains. He added that Russian and Chinese government attempts to increase their control of domain suffixes could threaten private-sector management of the Internet.

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