A Panos feature article reports on the concerns held by countries in the developing world of the dominance the US has over the Internet. South Africa is amongst the countries leading the call for the formation of an intergovernmental agency within the UN to take over the functions of the American based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) which alone is responsible for administrating the Internet's domain names and address identifiers. According to South African President Thabo Mbeki if the Internet remains under the control of ICANN, 'the world continues to be governed by California law'. The South African Government recently wrested legal control of its country domain (.za) from a local ICANN-appointed Internet pioneer, without seeking ICANN approval.