DISINFO: The US can disconnect any country from the internet
SUMMARY
The United States of America can paralyse any country by disconnecting it from the Internet.
RESPONSE
A baseless claim that the US controls the internet.
Today’s internet is owned by “everyone and no one”.
On the 1st of October 2016, the internet witnessed its biggest change when the US government officially transferred control of the internet address system to the “the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers” (ICANN), an international governing body, “to assure that the internet of tomorrow remains as free, open and accessible as the internet of today.”
The ICANN represents a nonprofit organisation composed of stakeholders from government organisations, members of private companies, and internet users world-wide.
In fact, seven security experts from all over the world, in addition to 7 other people as a backup, chosen for their geographical spread as well as their experience, hold the keys to the internet.
Together, their keys create a master key, which in turn controls one of the central security measures at the core of the web.
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