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Battling for Control of the Internet

Lawrence Lessig interviewed by Foreign Policy magazine on the European Union’s attempt to wrestle control of ICANN out of the US’ hands…

Should the United Nations control the Internet? That’s the subject of a heated debate slated to take place at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis later this month. The European Union is pressing for a U.N. role in governing the Internet, which is currently in the hands of a U.S. nonprofit. Lawrence Lessig breaks down the debate and offers his views.

http://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3306&page=0