News Clip
November 16, 2007, Associated Press

US Control of Internet Remains Issue

This article examines the proposal made the Russian representative to the IGF, Konstantin Novoderejhkin, which called on the United Nations secretary-general to create a working group to develop "practical steps" for moving Internet governance "under the control of the international community."

The article quotes NetChoice ED, Steve DelBianco as saying:

"The Russian proposal seeks to exponentially increase government interference in the ICANN process, introducing a dangerous and destabilizing force into a global Internet addressing system that has been a paragon of stability under the current oversight structure," said Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice, a coalition of high-tech leaders like Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, eBay Inc. and Yahoo Inc.

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