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ICANN: Bridging the Trust Gap

Abstract

ICANN: Bridging the Trust Gap is a paper commissioned by CIGI - The Global Commission on Internet Governance and Chatham House about the proposed transfer of IANA oversight away from the US government and the controversial relationship between the US Government and ICANN

Authors:

Emily Taylor

This paper addresses the proposed transfer of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) oversight away from the US government. The background section explores how the technical architecture of critical Internet resources has certain governance implications, introduces the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and its relationship with the US government through the IANA function and the Affirmation of Commitments.

Topics:

IANA, the story so far
ICANN and the IANA
IANA stewardship
Risk of Fragmentation of IANA
Links to ICANN's general accountability
ICANN's transparency: Where are we now?

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Research Details

Publisher
Chatham House
Published
March 1, 2015
Last Updated
August 5, 2022
Pages
27
Author
Emily Taylor
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