Obama Yaga against

Who wouldn't want to manage the world's information resources, and first and foremost, the World Wide Web? Formally, ICANN is considered an international organization and doesn't follow the dictates of politicians and government institutions of individual countries, even those as large, rich, and influential as the United States. Of course, the internet was born in the United States, grew strong, and from there, it entered the global arena, becoming the property of all civilizations, all people, regardless of gender, age, social status, or favorite brand of lager.

However, ICANN, while billed as international, is in fact funded by the state budget of the world's leading power. And so, every now and then, the American powers-that-be itch to steer global internet trends through this organization. So what is the White House administration seeking this time? Nothing less than the right to veto any decisions regarding the approval of new domain extensions.

Obama and his staff are extremely dissatisfied with the uncontrolled emergence of new domain extensions. Therefore, they proposed that the United States, and perhaps some other countries, be able to block the emergence of undesirable extensions, such as .gay. Representatives of several other countries on ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) opposed this approach, noting that such a veto contradicts the spirit of the internet and the principle of free speech so strongly espoused by the United States.

Ultimately, the GAC rejected this particular item from the entire package of American proposals for consideration at the ICANN meeting in Brussels on March 1-3, 2011. This irritated the Obama administration. In March, the fate of 121 applications for new top-level domain names will be determined at the ICANN meeting in California. The success of a particular zone will be decided by vote. The White House is insisting on changing this procedure.