ICANN
- March 4, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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ICANN
TOPIC: Science & Tech
Context- ICANN rejects Ukraine request to shut Russian websites.
Concept-
About ICANN:
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
- ICANN is a non-profit body that administers domain names and Internet protocol addresses (IPs) globally.
- It was formed in 1988 by the US Department of Commerce.
- It has become independent of US control since October 1st, 2016.
- It is responsible for coordinating the maintenance and methodologies of several databases, with unique identifiers, related to the namespaces of the Internet – and thereby, ensuring the network’s stable and secure operation.
- It also ensures that computers across the internet can find one another through defined unique pathways and identifiers.
- ICANN is a facilitator of the security, stability, and resiliency of these identifiers with the objective of a single, global, interoperable Internet.
- ICANN does not control Internet access or content.
- ICANN is governed by an internationally diverse Board of Directors overseeing the policy development process.