IGS 10a Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Alexei Navalny, Wael Ghonim
26 Aug 2016
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Hard for governments to control: fundamentally decentralized. When send an email, sending it to their isp address. Computer can use many many possible roots to get to a destination. Only way to control is to have all computer traffic into the country pass through a few govt. controlled servers. This way you can modify the adress books" that people"s computers have. Icann: internet corporation for assigned names and numbers (california) May be transferred to some international agency, like the united nations. Take away from icann and give to government agency. Almost did this (obama) but hugh backlash. Including russia, china, saudi aravia, algeria, and sudan. Endorsed a proposal stating, member states shall have the socereign right to establish and implement public policy, including international policy, on matters onf internet governance . Got started largely because individual users spread stories via the internet. Mohamed bouazizi: was so badly abused by government that he set himself on fire.
