The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) needs to become a fully independent organisation, the EU Commissioner for the Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding, said.
One example is if ICANN could oversee the introduction of customised domain names (which will allow a website to replace ‘.com’ with ‘.anything’); it should set clear guidelines and operate openly.
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