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GNSO (Icann) accuses the FBI, Interpol and the U.S. state policies to make deactivations "unilateral" sites, ignoring the existing structures.
The Internet governance is threatened by the intervention of U.S. authorities that conduct deactivations "unilateral" sites, bypassing the structures recognized worldwide, accuses Stephane Van Gelder, head of the international body GNSO.
The GNSO is the policy-making body ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), discreet private organization in California that provides a key role in the regulation of the Internet by assigning domain names, and whose decisions s 'impose worldwide. Stephane Van Gelder is the first French to occupy the post of chairman of the GNSO.
"For a year, agencies fight against crime - whether the FBI, Interpol or the state police - come to ICANN and the GNSO with inquiries about the deactivation of sites and domain names ", and that pushes the body, said he told AFP .
authorities disable "unilaterally"
"We've been summoned twice at the White House on the subject of the fight against counterfeiting, and the goal was to ask ourselves how we act against this phenomenon, and it was done fairly aggressive, "he says." There is real pressure, real lobbying, for us to fight against these phenomena: the state entities address the players on which it can act like us, because they can not for example address the mafia, "said Stephane Van Gelder, who adds that these entities are ignoring pleas in bar.
He said in one year, U.S. authorities have thus completed the deactivation "unilaterally" more than a hundred domain names ending in. com - whose management is delegated to the U.S. company Verisign - and which often depend on thousands of websites, blogs or personal pages. "The directors were not notified and woke up with the logo on their website of the U.S. government, "complains Stephane Van Gelder.
" Some sites were selling counterfeit DVDs and handbags, but many others did anything improper. For example, when the name mooo.com has been disabled "because he was home pornographic content," they are in total 84 000 sites that depended on who was also disconnected, and had nothing to do with counterfeit, "laments there.
The U.S. take "hostage names domain "
" It's taking hostage of domain names by U.S. officials, such intervention by states is not desirable. This is a new trend, but a trend, there is no discussion, only unilateral deactivation, "says Stephan Van Gelder.
Needless to mention" a form of surgery without anesthesia and with a large knife "," these actions are direct, there is no concept of compliance with the established system, the government decides that offense and it disconnects your site, it ignores the existing structures " as ICANN and the GNSO which have yet to hand the assignment of domain names, "he complains.
He said "there is a danger, our model of Internet governance goes beyond a state, government. Structures exist to disable and bypass sites can only worry." Created in 1998 under the Clinton administration, ICANN is under contract, however, more direct U.S. government since 2009. And although some countries would see their functions and powers are supported by an organization run by the UN.
"The model is not perfect but all internet users are represented, unlike the UN is completely closed in comparison, can not apply the traditional state governance to the Internet, "said Stephane Van Gelder. Today, there are approximately 200 million domain names, including about 95 million. com.
AFP
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