If the Stakeholders Already Control the Internet, Why NETmundial and the IANA Transition?

CEO Chehade is rather clearly on the record that ICANN's relationship with the U.S. (of which the last remaining shred is that U.S. role as IANA counterparty) is no longer sustainable and must be replaced by the "globalization" of ICANN and the IANA functions within a very narrow time frame. What drives this viewpoint are Edward Snowden's NSA revelations and the purported resulting loss of "trust" in the U.S., even though the identity of the IANA counterparty has no effect on the ability of the NSA or any other intelligence agency to conduct Internet surveillance

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