Tag «Internet Governance»

Proposals put before the Internet Governance Forum would enshrine in law the principles of free speech and net neutrality for the web. Deal would enshrine in law the founding principles of open standards and net neutrality, and protect the web from political interference.

The upcoming launch of the Russian Cyrillic top-level domain finds itself under attack from the US- a reminiscence of the Cold-War Era. The by-correspondence polemic promises to be a heated one.... if NYT ever dare to take the challenge.

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/l/clifford_j_levy/index.html

Two renowned European experts to run a newly established Working Group of the Council of Europe on Cross-Border Internet. A good pick by the Council of Europe means  good news for the European and Russian Internet community.

With termination of JPA and adoption of the Affirmation of Commitments, the Obama administration and ICANN are criticized for letting the Internet become a truly international, rather than the American, asset. A good question to ask is, what is behind their opponents’ invectives and speculations, and was it the right move, as far as internationalization of the Internet is concerned.