摘要
The U.S. Commerce Department announced its plan to shift responsibility for overseeing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers （ICANN） to ＂the global multistakeholder community＂ in March. As one of the major Internet governance organizations, the ICANN is in charge of the management and allocation of global core Internet resources. However, due to its contractual relationship with the U.S. Commerce Department its legitimacy has long been questioned. Thus, this ＂power ceding＂ by the United States has aroused attention from the international community.
Washington may cede control of global Internet resources as pressure mounts from the international community.The U.S. Commerce Department announced its plan to shift responsibility for overseeing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN)to "the global multistakeholder community"in March. As one of the major Internet governance organizations,
