US takes key step in ceding control of internet addresses

The organization deals with matters including the assignment of internet suffixes such as ”.com” and ”.org” and the operation of the internet’s ”root servers,” the master directories for telling web browsers where to find websites. The US government is taking a key step in relinquishing control of the internet’s addressing system, fulfilling a promise made in the 1990s.
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Ad