ICANN 51: United States will not allow the global Internet to be co-opted by wielders of a parochial world view
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, addressing attendees at the opening ceremony of ICANN‘s 51st public meeting in Los Angeles, declared unwavering support for the United States government’s decision to transfer stewardship of the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community and not to any one single organization.
“Let me be clear about this. The United States will not allow the global Internet to be co-opted by any person, entity or nation seeking to substitute their parochial world view for the collective wisdom of this community,” said Pritzker.
More than 2,300 members of the global multistakeholder community have come together in Los Angeles, California, for ICANN‘s 51st public meeting to discuss the future of the organization. Read more
