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internet governance  

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  • Internet governance refers to issues surrounding attempts to develop an international regulatory regime for the Internet. In recent years, the foundations of such a regime have been laid, centered mainly, but not exclusively, on a body known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Internet Governance]

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