Why Global Internet Governance Matters

... grievances and claims put forward by many of these governments. Thus, they regularly contest the key international role of various norms and standardization structures, under the hands, they believe, of the U.S. government, on the top of which they rank ICANN. Critics of ICANN argue that the Californian-based corporation is a centralized, monopolistic, and unaccountable private organization that exercises public authority and power. However, its current head has made clear that ICANN is about to expand ...