Internet Governance

European Commission: The Future of the Internet

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/09/2008 - 06:26.

Working and conducting business, creating and sharing content, learning, gaming or shopping, networking or phoning friends across the continents: all these activities are moving online. The Internet has revolutionised our social and business habits. It has evolved from a network of computers and information into a network of people. And change is far from over.

Already today, a billion of people are using the Internet. In a few years, once the Internet has become genuinely mobile, over 4 billion users and billions more devices and objects will be connected anywhere and anytime.

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LA Times: Major U.S. Internet companies agree on a code of conduct for operating in repressive countries

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/08/2008 - 11:48.

It's been a journey longer than the meandering, months-long trip the Olympic torch is taking to Friday's opening ceremonies in Beijing. But Google, Yahoo and Microsoft said today that they were close to finishing a voluntary code of conduct for doing business in China and other countries that censor the Internet -- a project they started in January 2007.

In letters released by Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, the companies said they have agreed on principles "protecting and advancing the enjoyment of freedom of expression and privacy globally."

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IHT: IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games

Submitted by admin on Thu, 31/07/2008 - 04:41.

The Chinese government has confirmed what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here have suspected: Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet will be censored during the upcoming Games.

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BBC News: Europe votes on anti-piracy laws

Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 06:15.

Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels.

The powers are in a raft of laws that aim to harmonise the regulations governing Europe's telecom markets.

Other amendments added to the packet of laws allow governments to decide which software can be used on the web.

Campaigners say the laws trample on personal privacy and turn net suppliers into copyright enforcers.

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Guardian: ICANN makes a very British compromise over net policing

Submitted by admin on Thu, 29/05/2008 - 04:28.

The internet is currently unpoliced. The nearest it has to a governing body is the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) of stakeholders - carriers, ISPs, academics, civil society, governments and international organisations - which is more like a parliament than an executive.

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BBC: Net body issues plea for liberty

Submitted by admin on Mon, 28/01/2008 - 08:07.

The overseer of the net's addressing system has asked the US government to be freed from official control.

Icann made the plea in a lengthy report sent to the US Department of Commerce.

The report will be the focus of a meeting to consider Icann's progress on objectives the US government set it in preparation for independence.

Icann argues these objectives have been achieved earlier than planned and now is the time for talk to turn into deciding what happens on independence.

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The Guardian: Kremlin eyes internet control

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/01/2008 - 14:41.

The growing cold war with Russia has a new front besides oil fields and undersea territorial claims: the internet. Russia's government is pushing for greater control over the Russian-language part of the net - and its aim seems to be to create a web that operates in Cyrillic, completely independent from the wider web.

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The Power of Ideas: Internet Governance in a Global Multi-Stakeholder Environment, edited by Wolfgang Kleinwächter

Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/12/2007 - 10:22.

At the Global Governance Forum in New York in March 2004 – on the eve of the formation of the WGIG - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan summarised the situation as follows: "The issues are numerous and complex. Even the definition of what is meant by Internet governance is a subject of debate. But the world has a common interest in ensuring the security and the dependability of this new medium. Equally important, we need to develop inclusive and participatory models of governance. The medium must be made accessible and responsive to the needs of all the world's people".

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IGF Brazil 2007

12/11/2007 - 10:00
15/11/2007 - 17:00

The second IGF meeting to be held in Rio de Janeiro will include the four themes from the first meeting in Athens as well as a fifth theme, relating to critical Internet resources. In addition, the programme will also include a session on emerging issues.

Location(s)

Windsor Barra
Av. Lúcio Costa (old Av. Sernambetiba), 2630 Barra da Tijuca
Rio de Janeiro, 22620-170
Brazil
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Alternatives: Civil society calls for new governance to make Internet accessible to Africans

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/11/2007 - 20:45.

Convened on the 28th of October 2007 by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) from which Alternatives is a member, civil society groups have called for new forms of corporate governance to develop the ICT infrastructure in Africa. These new forms should "ensure the interests of all stakeholders, but above all, the interest of African consumers and citizens," the statement insists.

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