International internet standards-setting body pulls away from U.S. control, citing surveillance concerns

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), responsible for controlling much of how the internet works, has stated that they are moving away from the U.S. Department of Commerce, citing concerns over “pervasive monitoring and surveillance.”

The fallout from the revelations of the surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency (NSA) continues to be seen with a new investigation in Luxembourg into Skype’s involvement with NSA surveillance programs.

Furthermore, the NSA chief himself recently admitted that they put out misleading figures about the number of terrorist plots foiled by bulk collection of U.S. phone records.

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