`` Such decisions necessarily require the participation of governments and the private sector and civil society . '' World Conference on International Telecommunications opens Monday in Dubai . U.N. agency oversees Web , but major overhauls unlikely . TL;DR The United Nations is expected to approve a plan that would allow the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- which manages domain names like.com or.net -- to become an No agreement could make Internet 'go dark '
World Conference on International Telecommunications opens Monday in Dubai . U.N. agency oversees Web , but major overhauls unlikely . TL;DR The United Nations is expected to approve a plan that would allow the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- which manages domain names like.com or.net -- to become an No agreement could make Internet 'go dark '