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ICANN, a private nonprofit organization which manages the most important aspects of a global communication medium, is different from other transnational institutions dealing with communication regulation such as the ITU, UNESCO, WTO, and WIPO. It is controlled by the US, while the other institutions are multilateral bodies. Different organs of the American state worked to create this new media regulatory body. This chapter will first discuss the creation of ICANN and then compare ICANN with the other institutions.
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Bhuiyan, A. (2014). Uniqueness of ICANN. In: Internet Governance and the Global South. Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137344342_3
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