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by falcolas 3324 days ago
Well, at least at currently, the "US Internet" includes IANA, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Facebook, Verisign and a majority of the root DNS servers...

Changes made to the "US Internet" are going to absolutely affect the wider world right now.
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a2decrow 3324 days ago
I fail to see how this affects IANA or root DNS servers in any way (not to mention that IANA can be replaced by a non-US entity if it really comes down to that).

As for those companies, they'll work the same way as before outside the US internet. Regrettably, because the world would be a better place without them.

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falcolas 3324 days ago
This was a direct response to the commennt "I don't think there's any reason for us non-US-Americans to care at all about the US internet."

This change doesn't directly affect IANA, etc, but it will likely have knock-on effects which hurt everyone.

"IANA can be replaced by a non-US entity" - This would, IMO, signal the end of the internet. "Look up www.google.com" "which one?"

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a2decrow 3324 days ago
> This would, IMO, signal the end of the internet. "Look up www.google.com" "which one?"

I'm not entirely sure if you know how DNS works.

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