Who is in possession of the Internet and search engines like google?

[Cosmos]

After seeing the recent happenings in Egypt: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/222313-Internet-disruptions-hit-Egypt
I ask myself who is in possession?
it seems easy for goverments to take it down, or at least to censor it.

 

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The DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee is an ICANN committee. However, the root zone is controlled by the United States Department of Commerce who must approve all changes to the root zone file requested by ICANN. ICANN's bylaws[12] assign authority over the operation of the root nameservers of the Domain Name System to the DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee.

Full explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root-servers.net#Root_server_addresses

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

But we know Google is linked to the US Gov.

 

[Cosmos]

The DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee is an ICANN committee. However, the root zone is controlled by the United States Department of Commerce who must approve all changes to the root zone file requested by ICANN. ICANN's bylaws[12] assign authority over the operation of the root nameservers of the Domain Name System to the DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee.

Full explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root-servers.net#Root_server_addresses

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

But we know Google is linked to the US Gov.

US Gov.

 

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Watch this video (2007): Master Plan - About the power of Google http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zKXCQpUnMg