ICANN Meets To Hash Out Internet’s Problems
Updated · Oct 17, 2024
As ICANN hashes out which major issues it will focus on in the coming years, critics have been skeptical as to whether the meeting will bring the kinds of changes that are needed. The elephant in the room is the issue of transparency,” said Michael Froomkin, a founding editor of ICANNWatch.org and professor at the University of Miami School of Law, specializing in Internet law.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet’s main oversight body, has put security Relevant Products/Services issues at the forefront of its 25th international meeting.
Convening in New Zealand, ICANN’s board is in the process of reviewing a strategic plan that has been in development for the past nine months and could determine the group’s areas of focus for at least the next three years.
Among the concerns that ICANN will focus on are the possibility of more severe denial-of-service attacks, which VeriSign warned about recently, and stability issues caused by the myriad of devices used to access content on the Internet.
Red Light
One issue slated for discussion this week has drawn international attention. It is the proposal to create an Internet red-light district through an .XXX top-level domain.
Backing for the proposal has peaked and waned over the past few years, with some attempts to push it through gaining traction before being neglected or shot down once again.
Recently, two U.S. senators revived discussion about the .XXX domain with the “Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2006,” a draft of legislation that would require the Department of Commerce to work with ICANN to create the adults-only Internet space.
But ICANN watchers have expressed doubt that the organization will act on calls for such a domain anytime soon. It is likely the debate will be folded into other talks about new domain names in general.
Star Chamber
As ICANN hashes out which major issues it will focus on in the coming years, critics have been skeptical as to whether the meeting will bring the kinds of changes that are needed.
“The elephant in the room is the issue of transparency,” said Michael Froomkin, a founding editor of ICANNWatch.org and professor at the University of Miami School of Law, specializing in Internet law. “They don’t want you to know anything, so they don’t share anything.”
Canada, which has been a major participant and supporter of ICANN, recently pulled out of the organization because it was frustrated with how the group operated, Froomkin noted.
“They threw down the gauntlet,” he said. “The question is whether ICANN is going to do anything or just keep the same old methods, which is to hold all the important meetings off-stage.”
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