November 27, 1998

Debate Flares Over Group That Hopes to Oversee the Internet

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Stakes are high for colleges as control of the network passes out of the government's hands

A new non-profit organization that hopes to oversee key management functions of the Internet earned the blessing of academic-network groups but the scorn of critics during its first public meeting this month. The only thing participants seemed to agree on was how difficult it would be to design any kind of governing body for the global computer

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