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Does the Internet Need the Government?

  Data comes with two extremes of itself. At times it can act as one of the most powerful assets, or it could act as a vulnerable tool, in contemporary times, data sharing plays a predominant role, with the associated risk of unconsciously or subconsciously exposing our confidential information like: information related to finances, health, location, frequently visited spots, contacts, etc.  With recent developments, biometrics has been introduced as our digital identities across the globe.  There have been several instances of cyber wars, internet site blocking, and online snooping of customer information by government agencies of countries such as the U.S., Egypt, China, Syria, and India, which raises serious data privacy concerns. ICANN ( The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) came into existence in 1998, is a US-based not-for-profit organization, which coordinates, the global internet’s system unique identifiers, and ensures the secure running of these systems.