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==Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed==

==Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed==

==For [[IDN]]s==

===For [[IDN]]s===

* In the first decade of the 2000s, individuals, organizations, and nation-states grew inpatient at ICANN's slow advancement of supporting international

* In the first decade of the 2000s, individuals, organizations, and nation-states grew inpatient at ICANN's slow advancement of supporting international languages and scripts in gTLDs and ccTLDs, leading [[SSAC]] to release "SAC009: Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots: Conflict, Control and Consequences," to encourage ICANN to move more quickly and to warn parties interested in operating alternative root name services or managing alternative TLDs that such activities would not be likely to succeed financially or logistically.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/alt-tlds-roots-report-31mar06-en.pdf SAC009, SSAC, 03/31/2006]</ref>

languages and scripts in gTLDs and ccTLDs, leading [[SSAC]] to release "SAC009: Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots: Conflict, Control and Consequences," to encourage ICANN to move more quickly and to warn parties interested in operating alternative root name services or managing alternative TLDs that such activities would not be likely to succeed financially or logistically.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/alt-tlds-roots-report-31mar06-en.pdf SAC009, SSAC, 03/31/2006]</ref>

===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><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>  

* 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>