ICANN plays down US influence

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, facing recent worldwide criticism for its operations, is taking new steps to change its US-centricness. For example, they're working on a new .asia top-level domain which would be optimized for Asian-language character sets. They are also working to execute the compromise reached at the recent Tunis summit, whereby other nations and organizations will have a formal method of sharing advice and comments with ICANN.

For more on the changes:
- read this eWeek article

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