‘Splinternets’ threat to be avoided, says web address controller

Lisbon: The risk of the internet fragmenting into national “splinternets” will likely be averted in a UN vote next month, the head of the authority that manages web addresses told AFP on Tuesday.

“The vast majority of the countries that we have met with, including countries who in the past have been very sceptical… believe the current model of governing the internet has worked,” Kurtis Lindqvist, head of ICANN, said at the Web Summit tech gathering in Lisbon.