Governance
01 November 2012
U.S. Officials: Competition, Commercial Agreements Should Govern Internet Tech Daily Dose
American officials on Wednesday submitted more detailed proposals for preserving a collaborative system of governing the Internet.
31 October 2012
India changes controversial Internet governance position IFEX
Following outrage from India's civil society and media, it appears the country's government has backed away from its proposal to create a UN body to govern the internet.
25 October 2012
Internet Society Calls on Policymakers to Preserve the Internet's Openness, Innovation and Interoperability in Proposed Changes to the International Telecommunications Regulations ISOC
During its recent meeting in Toronto, Canada, the Internet Society Board of Trustees called on policymakers, in advance of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in December, to preserve the openness, dynamism, and growth of the Internet when modifying the International Telecommunications Regulations.
24 October 2012
UN calls to expand internet surveillance BBC News
The internet has become a standard tool for terror groups who use it to spread propaganda, recruit members and raise cash, warns a UN report.
18 October 2012
Who controls the internet? The Guardian
Ahead of a Google Hangout on the battle for the internet, a look at how tech giants are fighting for supremacy
The voice of business: why internet governance needs strengthening The Guardian
Jeff Brueggeman of AT&T explains the importance of a free and open web for healthy business
14 October 2012
'Uncertain' future for the world wide web: Australian IGF ABC News
An international gathering of experts in Canberra has painted an alarming and very uncertain picture for the future of the internet.
09 October 2012
If Internet governance ain't broke, don't fix it, US says Reuters
The best solution to improving oversight of the Internet may be to do nothing at all, a senior U.S. official said on Monday while briefing reporters on a conference in December that could decide to consolidate control within a U.N. body.
05 October 2012
Indian Ministry, NSA agree on balancing security concerns with freedom of expression The Hindu
Speaking with one voice, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, Telecom Secretary R. Chandrashekhar and Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Latha Reddy on Thursday advocated the need for the government to embrace a consensual, democratic, transparent and evolving structure through a multi-stakeholder dialogue for handling Internet issues, without impinging on individual freedom of expression in any way.
28 September 2012
Volume-based Internet is detrimental to developing countries, think tank warns GMA
A proposal on how to pay for telecommunications network traffic may end up making the Internet too expensive for ordinary users, an information and communication technology (ICT) think tank has warned.
ISOC ties up with Ficci to promote Internet in India Business Standard
The Internet Society, a global body which promotes internet-related standards, education and policy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci).
24 September 2012
EU telcos defend UN Internet takeover plans CNET
A trade association of 41 European telephone companies responded last week to mounting concerns over its controversial proposal to turn Internet traffic management over to the International Telecommunications Union, a regulatory body of the United Nations.
20 September 2012
China pushes for Internet cooperation among emerging countries Xinhua
A senior information technology official on Tuesday said China hopes to boost Internet-related cooperation with other emerging countries and contribute to "global Internet prosperity."
US Senate Panel Approves Internet Freedom Resolution Tech Daily Dose
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution calling on the United States to prevent the United Nations from having a greater role in governing the Internet.
10 September 2012
The ITU and the Internet's Titanic Moment by Patrick S. Ryan Stanford Technology Law Review
Try this: Mention the International Telecommunication Union to a few casual Internet users, Netizens, or even the most senior-level computer programmers and technology experts and gauge their reaction. Few are likely to know what you're talking about. Most will likely think you're referring to either a telecommunications labor union or some kind of international working group.
06 September 2012
Tim Berners-Lee: the internet has no off switch The Guardian
There is no "off switch" for the internet, says the British inventor of the world wide web - and that is a good thing, because it could only be undone by governments around the world coordinating to turn it into a centralised system.
05 September 2012
US Democrats push for open Internet, cybersecurity Washington Post
Democrats late Sunday reiterated support for open Internet policies that protect free speech and consumer choice, stronger cybersecurity laws and the protection of movies and songs from online copyright violations.
27 August 2012
No need for UN to take over internet, says EU digital chief ZDNet
EU digital commissioner Neelie Kroes opposes handing control of the internet over to the UN's telecommunications agency, she said on Friday.
23 August 2012
The fight for control of the internet has become critical: If plans to put cyberspace under a secretive UN agency go through, states' censoring of the web will be globally enshrined by John Kampfner, former chief executive of Index on Censorship The Guardian
In horror movies, the scariest moments usually come from the monster you can't see. So the same goes for real life, or at least online life. Over the past few years, largely out of sight, governments have been clawing back freedoms on the internet, turning an invention that was designed to emancipate the individual into a tool for surveillance and control. In the next few months, this process is set to be enshrined internationally, amid plans to put cyberspace under the authority of a largely secretive and obscure UN agency.
15 August 2012
Bono Mack Urges Senate Action on Net Resolution Tech Daily Dose
After the House unanimously passed a non-binding resolution opposing international efforts to regulate the Internet, the measure's author called on the Senate Tuesday to take swift action to take up the legislation.
14 August 2012
Keep Partisan Politics Out of Internet Policy by Leslie Harris, President and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology Huffington Post
Is there anything to be gained by interjecting the strangling kudzu of partisan politics into Internet policy? I strongly doubt it and that's why I am frankly mystified by the Competitive Enterprise Institute's (CEI) Fred Campbell's bombastic and highly partisan July 26 opinion piece in the Atlantic calling on conservatives to join the fight for Internet freedom. His hypothesis seems to be that progressives are "winning" in their efforts to subvert the open Internet and deliver it into the clutches of "government control." Really?
09 August 2012
The United Nations and the Internet: It's Complicated - A battle is brewing, but the black helicopters are not about to invade by Rebecca Mackinnon Foreign Policy
On Aug. 2, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution urging the White House to stop an obscure U.N. agency from asserting greater control over the Internet. It is the "consistent and unequivocal policy of the United States," the lawmakers affirmed, "to promote a global Internet free from government control and preserve and advance the successful multistakeholder model that governs the Internet today."
06 August 2012
ITU Not Seeking Seizure of ICANN's Role, But Wants Them To Work Together
US bodies that oversee the internet's technical specifications and domain name system are at the heart of speculation over a push from largely developing nations, and in particular the BRICS countries, for control of the internet to be put under the United Nations, reports the BBC.
05 August 2012
Blogging ITU: Internet Users Will Be Ignored Again if Flawed ITU Proposals Gain Traction Electronic Frontier Foundation
When the European Parliament rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement after hundreds of thousands of Europeans took to the streets in protest, it signaled disappointment in some of the extreme IP policies encouraged by ACTA that threatened the functioning of the Internet. But at the same time, the protests reflected a sweeping rejection of the secretive, government-directed process that spawned the agreement in the first place. The world's Internet users showed that they are no longer willing to accept outdated and counterproductive policies born out of closeted discussions that fail to take into account the interests of ordinary people.
04 August 2012
US resists control of internet passing to UN agency BBC News
The US has confirmed it would resist efforts to put the internet under the control of the United Nations.
