????自從斯諾登爆出美國(guó)國(guó)家安全局National Security Agency（）的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)監(jiān)控丑聞以來(lái),，各國(guó)對(duì)美國(guó)施加了越來(lái)越大的壓力,，敦促它放棄對(duì)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)技術(shù)職能的管理權(quán)。蒂娜迪斯認(rèn)為：“斯諾登泄密案就像避雷針一樣把各方注意力吸引到了這個(gè)問(wèn)題上來(lái),?！辈贿^(guò)她很快指出，美國(guó)在網(wǎng)絡(luò)DNS上的職能與美國(guó)國(guó)安局的監(jiān)控行為是分離的,。

????據(jù)彭博社（Bloomberg）報(bào)道,，在上周五的一次電話會(huì)議上，ICANN的負(fù)責(zé)人法迪?切哈德輕描淡寫(xiě)地帶過(guò)了斯諾登案的影響,。事實(shí)上,，美國(guó)從來(lái)不打算無(wú)限期地保留互聯(lián)網(wǎng)域名的管理職能。早在1997年,，美國(guó)就明確表示它的最終目標(biāo)是開(kāi)放互聯(lián)網(wǎng)技術(shù)職能,，支持構(gòu)建互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的“多方共治”模式。目前,，美國(guó)的域名管理合同將于2015年9月30日到期,，NTIA正在要求ICANN出面邀請(qǐng)全球利益相關(guān)方共同商討下一階段的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)治理方案。

????美國(guó)商務(wù)部主管信息通訊的副部長(zhǎng)勞倫斯?E?斯特克林認(rèn)為：“轉(zhuǎn)變過(guò)程的啟動(dòng)時(shí)機(jī)選擇得恰到好處,?！盢TIA在一份聲明中表示,，它已經(jīng)同ICANN“溝通”過(guò)，下一階段的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)治理方案必須獲得“廣泛的社會(huì)支持”,，并要確?！盎ヂ?lián)網(wǎng)DNS的安全性、穩(wěn)定性和彈性”,，同時(shí)保持互聯(lián)網(wǎng)作為全球性平臺(tái)的開(kāi)放性,。另外值得一提的是，美國(guó)仍將保留.mil（軍事）,、.gov（政府）,、.edu（教育）等頂級(jí)域名的管理權(quán)。

????可以想見(jiàn),，這次交權(quán)必定難免被蒙上政治色彩,。美國(guó)政府的聲明發(fā)布后，共和黨前白宮發(fā)言人紐特?金里奇就在Twitter上表示：“每個(gè)美國(guó)人都要小心奧巴馬把互聯(lián)網(wǎng)管理權(quán)交給一個(gè)不明確的組織,，這是非常非常危險(xiǎn)的行為,。”他還補(bǔ)充道：“奧巴馬到底想把互聯(lián)網(wǎng)交給什么樣的國(guó)際社會(huì),？這個(gè)舉動(dòng)可能造成把其他國(guó)家的獨(dú)裁帶到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的風(fēng)險(xiǎn),。”

????互聯(lián)網(wǎng)政策研究專(zhuān)家勞倫?韋恩斯坦認(rèn)為,，美國(guó)政府的此次放權(quán)還有可能引起國(guó)際層面的政治問(wèn)題,。他說(shuō)：“這個(gè)領(lǐng)域涉及的大多數(shù)問(wèn)題從本質(zhì)上看主要是技術(shù)問(wèn)題，但是在當(dāng)今的國(guó)際環(huán)境下,，這個(gè)問(wèn)題的確有變成一場(chǎng)有毒的全球政治游戲的風(fēng)險(xiǎn),，現(xiàn)在顯然不是對(duì)這種復(fù)雜問(wèn)題做出理性決策的最佳形勢(shì)?！?/p>

????同時(shí),，美國(guó)私人領(lǐng)域的反應(yīng)比較積極，有些大型科技公司還對(duì)美國(guó)政府的聲明表示贊賞,。谷歌首席網(wǎng)絡(luò)顧問(wèn)文特?瑟夫在一份致《時(shí)代》的聲明中稱(chēng)：“互聯(lián)網(wǎng)生來(lái)就是無(wú)國(guó)界的,。此舉向互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的多方治理模式邁進(jìn)了一步,，并且為保護(hù)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的安全性,、穩(wěn)定性和開(kāi)放性創(chuàng)造了機(jī)會(huì)?！?/p>

????AT&T全球公共政策高級(jí)副總裁倫恩?卡利認(rèn)為,，美國(guó)此次放權(quán)“是全球互聯(lián)網(wǎng)在繼續(xù)進(jìn)化的道路上邁出的重要一步”。威瑞森公司也對(duì)此表示樂(lè)觀,，公司公共政策高級(jí)副總裁克萊格?西利曼在一份聲明中稱(chēng)：“我們對(duì)NTIA意識(shí)到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)數(shù)字分配權(quán)的全球關(guān)聯(lián)性表示贊賞,，同時(shí)也對(duì)目前多方治理框架的成熟度表示贊賞,。

????康卡斯特全球公共政策高級(jí)副總裁瑞貝卡?阿伯加斯特表示，康卡斯特也同樣支持美國(guó)放權(quán),?！翱悼ㄋ固亍狽BC環(huán)球公司支持由私人領(lǐng)域領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)多方治理模式，我們贊賞NTIA對(duì)促進(jìn)這種模式做出的長(zhǎng)期貢獻(xiàn),，以及它在核心管理職能上做出的貢獻(xiàn),。”

????蒂娜迪斯對(duì)這次放權(quán)的順利進(jìn)行表示樂(lè)觀,。但她也指出,，現(xiàn)在臺(tái)面上還沒(méi)有一份由誰(shuí)來(lái)取代美國(guó)充當(dāng)DNS管家的方案。她說(shuō)：“我希望一切順利,，但最終細(xì)節(jié)決定成敗,。如果一切順利的話，那么大家應(yīng)該依然能在奈飛（Netflix）上收看《女子監(jiān)獄》,?！保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

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????The U.S. has been under increasing pressure from other countries to relinquish its stewardship of the Internet's technical functions in the wake of revelations about U.S. Internet surveillance supplied by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. "The Snowden disclosures served as a lightning rod to focus attention on this issue," says DeNardis, although she was quick to point out that the U.S. role in the Internet DNS is separate from NSA surveillance activities.

????On a conference call Friday, ICANN Chief Executive Fadi Chehade downplayed Snowden's role, according to Bloomberg. In truth, the U.S. never intended for its Internet stewardship to go on indefinitely. As far back as 1997, the U.S. made clear that its ultimate goal was to privatize the Internet's technical functions to support a "multistakeholder" model of governance. The current U.S. contract expires on September 30, 2015, so the NTIA is asking ICANN to bring together stakeholders from around the world to craft a proposal for the next stage of Internet governance.

????"The timing is right to start the transition process," said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling. In a statement, NTIA said that it has "communicated" to ICANN that the proposal must have "broad community support" and ensure the "security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS" and maintain the openness of the Internet as a global platform. Importantly, the U.S. will retain responsibility for the .mil, .gov, and .edu top-level domains.

????Predictably, the proposed transition has already begun to be politicized. Following the announcement, Newt Gingrich, the Republican former House Speaker, tweeted: "Every American should worry about Obama giving up control of the Internet to an undefined group. This is very, very dangerous." He added: "What is the global internet community that Obama wants to turn the internet over to? This risks foreign dictatorships defining the internet."

????The proposed transition is also likely to be politicized at an international level, says Lauren Weinstein, a veteran Internet policy expert. "Most of the issues involved in this area are primarily technical in nature," says Weinstein. "Unfortunately, in today's international environment, there is a real risk of this matter turning into a toxic global political football, which would obviously not be the best situation for making rational decisions about such complex matters."

????For now, the response from the U.S. private sector has been positive, and several major technology companies praised the U.S. announcement. "The internet was built to be borderless and this move toward a more multistakeholder model of governance creates an opportunity to preserve its security, stability and openness," Vint Cerf, Google's (GOOG) chief Internet evangelist, said in a statement emailed to TIME.

????Len Cali, AT&T's senior vice president for global public policy, called the transition "an important step in the ongoing evolution of the global Internet." Verizon (VZ) was similarly upbeat. "We applaud NTIA for recognizing the global relevance of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions and the current maturity of multi-stakeholder frameworks," Craig Silliman, Verizon's senior vice president for public policy, said in a statement.

????Rebecca Arbogast, Comcast's senior vice president for global public policy, said her company is also supportive: "Comcast NBCUniversal supports the private sector led, multistakeholder approach to Internet governance, and commends NTIA's longstanding commitment to advancing that model and its stewardship of this key functionality."

????DeNardis is optimistic that the transition will go smoothly, but points out that there isn't even a proposal on the table to replace the U.S. as steward of the DNS. "I expect that everything will go well, but the Devil will be in the details," she says. "If everything goes smoothly, everyone should still be able to watch Orange is the New Black on Netflix (NFLX)."