Information Policy

A World Without Net Neutrality Already Exists

by Jeff Lawson

People have wondered how an Internet without net neutrality would work. Net neutrality is more than just a debate, it’s not a hypothetical, and it’s real and alive today with SMS.

Alternative internet(s): Governance by internet infrastructure

Francesca Musiani is a researcher with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated with the Institute for Communication Sciences (ISCC). In this latest post in our series on alternative internet(s), she looks at the implications of governance by control of internet infrastructure.

China Halts Internet Censoring for Three Days

Written by Maja Dezulovic

A few bricks were lifted from the Great Firewall of China for three days during last week in Beijing as China hosted the World Internet Conference from the 19th to 21st of November.

The conference was a meeting of representatives of local Internet giants, such as Alibaba and executives from international tech corporations such as LinkedIn and SoftBank. Chinese authorities block access to Western social media and news websites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, but occasionally lift these controls for the attendees of high profile international events. This was also done earlier in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum which was hosted in the Chinese capital.

Internet governance group calls for more oversight of Web management

by SEAN SILCOFF

An elite international group dedicated to preserving the Internet’s free and unfettered qualities is calling for more independent oversight of the body that performs many of the Web’s core functions.

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This August, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and in conjunction with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the leading organization responsible for maintaining the internet’s stability, hosted the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, also known as the NETmundial Initiative. This conference brought together hundreds of government representatives, private sector members, civil society leaders, and academic and technology experts, as well as thousands of viewers via social media, to discuss the framework for carrying out global internet governance, in accordance with the NETmundial Principles established earlier this April.

NETmundial: Steps Towards Global Internet Governance

This August, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and in conjunction with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the leading organization responsible for maintaining the internet’s stability, hosted the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, also known as the NETmundial Initiative. This conference brought together hundreds of government representatives, private sector members, civil society leaders, and academic and technology experts, as well as thousands of viewers via social media, to discuss the framework for carrying out global internet governance, in accordance with the NETmundial Principles established earlier this April.