Four States Sue to Stop “Internet GiveAway” after 47 years, this contract ends tonight at midnight EDT i.e. Saturday, October 1st, 2016. Non-profit organization ICANN oversees the Internet’s “address book” (or root zone) – the process of assigning domain names and IP addresses. ICANN will now become an autonomous body, accountable to an international multi-stakeholder community. Four Republican states’ attorneys general have filed a lawsuit in a last-minute effort to prevent the Obama administration from ceding control of the internet’s critical functions.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/icann-us-internet-giveaway.html