When public principals give up control over private agents: The new independence of ICANN in internet governance
Abstract
In 2016, the United States (US) government relinquished its long‐standing delegation contract with the Internet Corporation for Assignment of Names and Numbers (ICANN), a private organization that governs the technical infrastructure of the internet. This presents a puzzle as the US not only gave up a power resource, but also relinquished the possibility, as a public principal, to hold the private agent ICANN accountable. I argue that public...
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Title
When public principals give up control over private agents: The new independence of ICANN in internet governance
Published Date
Mar 25, 2019
Journal
Volume
13
Issue
4
Pages
561 - 576
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