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==Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed==

==Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed==

===To Limit the Flow of Information===

===To Limit the Flow of Information===

* Russia and China are working on alternative root projects to have more control over their citizens' use of and exposure to the internet.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/russia-moves-toward-creation-of-an-independent-internet/a-42172902 Russia Moves Toward Creation of an Independent Internet, DW]</ref>  

* Russia and China are working on alternative root projects to have more control over their citizens' use of and exposure to the internet.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/russia-moves-toward-creation-of-an-independent-internet/a-42172902 Russia Moves Toward Creation of an Independent Internet, DW]</ref><ref>[https://www.cfr.org/blog/2019-beginning-end-open-internet-era Robert Knake, The Beginning of the End of the Open Internet Era, Council on Foreign Relations Blog]</ref>  

===Against Inefficiency and Abuses of Power===

===Against Inefficiency and Abuses of Power===

* In September 2001, [[Milton Mueller]] concluded that "competition among DNS roots should be permitted and is a healthy outlet for inefficiency or abuses of power by the dominant root administrator."<ref>[https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0109021 Competing DNS Roots: Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?, Computers and Society]</ref>

* In September 2001, [[Milton Mueller]] concluded that "competition among DNS roots should be permitted and is a healthy outlet for inefficiency or abuses of power by the dominant root administrator."<ref>[https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0109021 Competing DNS Roots: Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?, Computers and Society]</ref>