The United States is supposed to give up its oversight of the Internet’s domain name system next year. But the planned move has made brand owners and members of Congress apprehensive, and it now looks as if the change will be delayed.
The omnibus spending bill passed by the House of Representatives in December included a provision that forbids the government from using funds to relinquish its responsibility for functions related to Internet domains and the system that allocates Internet addresses. These are tasks that the U.S. government has performed for years under contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
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