The Great ICANN Delusion: How Western Internet Governance Fails the Global South
The ICANN84 meeting in Dublin exposed the widening gap between the slow, consensus-driven multistakeholder model of internet governance and the rapid operational tempo demanded by escalating threats like DNS abuse and global scams. This dysfunction reveals how Western-dominated institutions, clinging to outdated governance ideals, are failing the Global South by prioritizing process over tangible results and protecting systems that enable exploitation rather than equitable development.




