A group of countries looking to transfer control of central internet resources to the UN's International Telecommunication Union have scrapped their plan, Reuters reports. The proposal, led by Russia and supported by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and others, would have suggested that UN member states take control of internet naming and numbering resources, which are currently managed by ICANN. Another suggestion would have enshrined the right to block pages or services — something that is already in the ITU's constitution — in its telecommunications rules. An ITU spokesperson has reportedly confirmed that these have both been withdrawn, though the UAE disputes this.
Even with this development, delegates from the US and...
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