Russia abandons proposal for U.N. governance of Internet | Internet & Media - CNET News

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"The proposal, supported by China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and others, would have called on the U.N. to help member states seize control of key Internet engineering assets, including domain names, addresses, and numbering. The United States, Canada, France, Sweden, and others opposed the proposal, fearing that it could do grave harm to the current free and open Internet."

Russia abandons proposal for U.N. governance of Internet | Internet & Media - CNET News