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U.S. hangs onto Internet management role

Some members of the UN wanted to end US dominance of Internet management, but the Bush administration made a compromise, an agreement to set up an "Internet Governance Forum" for global discussion of various Internet issues. [Link]

What the agreement does not do is require the United States to relinquish its unique influence over the Internet's operations. The statement takes "no action regarding existing institutions," David Gross, the ambassador leading the U.S. delegation, said Wednesday. "It created no new international organizations."

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