ICANN Accountability Post-JPA: No Meaningful Change Expected

While many are dancing in the streets over todays decision by the US Government to loosen some of its ties to ICANN as its a single governmental authority, Im not convinced this decision will change much on a practical level. The Affirmation of Commitments was signed today by ICANN and the US Government to replace the Joint Project Agreement, and expand oversight to a more international community. Unfortunately ICANN still lacks any framework for meaningful accountability to the public. And recent efforts seem to indicate noncommercial interests are being systematically squeezed out of ICANN, which is dominated by lobbyists from big business and special interests. Adding more governments to ICANNs accountability framework is good on many levels since it recognizes the important global resource that we all share and depend upon and have a right to shape the policy of. …

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