justanobserver
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Yes, WWW was invented by CERN. US can only turn off the Internet for the US. The backbone is owned by companies like Global Crossing (which is HK/SG), etc.
Well USA in a sense did 'own' most of the internet as most of the ICANN root servers were physically based based in the USA. (ICANN is responsible for resolving IP adresses into top level domains)
Now most of the actual servers are 'distributed' all over the world,but some still remain in the US
(picture is a bit dated)
Root servers in the US
H 128.63.2.53 2001:500:1::803f:235 AS13 aos.arl.army.mil U.S. Army Research Lab Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, U.S.
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E 192.203.230.10 AS297 ns.nasa.gov NASA Mountain View, California, U.S.
D 128.8.10.90 AS27 terp.umd.edu University of Maryland College Park, Maryland, U.S.
B 192.228.79.201 (since January 2004; originally was 128.9.0.107)[5] 2001:478:65::53 (not in root zone yet) none ns1.isi.edu USC-ISI Marina Del Rey, California, U.S.
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