Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Strickling, the head of the NTIA, made extensive remarks on Thursday at iNet, an Internet Society (ISOC) event organized by the recently reconstituted ISOC-DC chapter. In this post, we offer our interpretation and comments on the various issues.
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace tells the story of the struggle between governments and the global Internet community over control of the Internet registries (IANA). It offers new insights into a pressing question with profound implications: is state sovereignty the immutable foundation of global governance, or can new technological capabilities change the model?
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