United States to give up its oversight on domain name assignment
In the wake of an NSA spying scandal which has shaken the faith of many in the United States' dedication to digital privacy, the U.S government has announced that it will be ceding its oversight of ICANN - the organization which manages domain name assignment for every site on the internet.
According to a press release from the NTIA, a branch of the U.S Department of Commerce, the United States seeks to turn over this authority to an international group which will have its structure and administration determined over the course of next year.
The task is currently handled by ICANN, an organization which has managed the assignment of domain names (like .com, .org and .net) since its inception 1998. Now, the U.S has asked ICANN to "convene global stakeholders" and transition the role the U.S government currently plays into a more overarching structure, which will be handled by an outside organization.
