Management of the internet by the principle of the multistakeholder governance model has survived attempts of replacing it with inter-government management. What additional principles are useful to guide global internet governance and enhance ICANN’s legitimacy, seen in light of recent challenges? Are the disagreements over global internet
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This paper explores how four approaches to cyber security are constructed, motivated and justified by different values such as privacy, economic order and national security and what this means for the actors involved.
This special issue calls to rethink how we conceptualise both internet and governance.
One multi-stakeholder process is not like another, but how can we distinguish those that promote meaningful inclusion from those that don't?
Net neutrality, too controversial for Sofia
Leadership in the net neutrality file will not come from Europe... or will it?
This article revisits the multistakeholder approach to internet policymaking and makes a case for a new model recognising the heterogeneity of stakeholders’ interests.
World internet cup in Brazil - a review
In an ambitious move, the Brazilian government, technical and civil society organised a meeting to address key issues of internet governance. While not everybody was happy with the final result, process-wise it was a landmark meeting.
Since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 our international system is based upon the principle of territorial sovereignty. Today, however, cross-border online spaces made possible by the internet span across a system of fragmented national jurisdictions. Tension rises since we do not have the legal equivalent to the technical interoperability that
The dominant narrative about the governance of the internet in media and with high-level policymakers is misleading. Researchers Francesca Musiani and Julia Pohle explain what stands in the way of genuine multistakeholder internet governance as all eyes are turning towards Brazil and its NETmundial meeting.
The Bali IGF: surveillance, surveillance, surveillance
The Bali Internet Governance Forum is the first IGF since Edward Snowden has made revelations about the United States National Security Agency's spying activities. It's face off time, many believe.