News and Research articles on Bottom-up design

Volume 6, Issue 1

Coding and encoding rights in internet infrastructure

Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam
Niels ten Oever, Article 19 & University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 17 Jan 2017 DOI: 10.14763/2017.1.442

Do ICANN’s policies and operations have an impact on human rights? Civil society engagement in the organisation seeks to inscribe human rights in internet infrastructure.

KEYWORDS: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Civil society, Human rights, Sociotechnical imaginaries, Bottom-up design