Is a UN Internet takeover looming? Not quite

By Nate Anderson – Back in 2006, the UN endorsed a call from the World Summit on the Information Society to create a multi-stakeholder forum for dialogue about Internet governance issues. This became the IGF, which has now met five times—in Athens, Rio de Janeiro, Hyderabad, Sharm El Sheikh, and most recently in Vilnius.

The fear here is clear: an IGF overhaul committee made up only of...