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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9989

2 October 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internet
Commission welcomes American decision to make internet governance more independent and more international

Brussels, 01/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - Since 1 October, the management of internet domain names will no longer be subject to unilateral control by the US Department of Commerce but will depend on the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), an ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) association, with the participation of the United States and 100 other states that hitherto have only played an advisory role. This is a small move forward towards reform that has been awaited...

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