The Narrative is a twice-monthly survey of key developments in Internet governance. This time we assess the impact of the U.S. Presidential election on IG, and assess the results of the first virtual UN Internet Governance Forum. A new U.S. President The United States has elected Joe Biden, and this...
The Narrative is a twice-monthly survey of key developments in Internet governance. This time we take up Facebook's struggles with content moderation, the geopolitics of 5G, and coordinated efforts by governments to limit encryption. Platforms and Content Moderation Platforms continue to struggle with the controversies and contradictions of content moderation,...
An important discussion of the future of Internet architecture with Dr. Richard Li, of Futurewei Technologies and key proponent of Huawei's "New IP" proposal, and Andrew Sullivan, the President and CEO of the Internet Society. IGP's Dr. Milton Mueller moderates. Click on the image to view the 90 minute recording...
The UN Internet Governance Forum demonstrated its utility as a forum for bringing together relevant parties for negotiations and discussions yesterday. A snap "town hall" meeting convened about 50 civil society members and representatives of the Internet Society (ISOC) and ICANN to express concerns about the sale of .ORG. Notably...
This article, based on initial research conducted by recently graduated Georgia Tech Cybersecurity Policy track Masters student Erin Whittaker, looks more closely at indictments in absentia as a way of deterring future attacks and creating accountability in cyberspace. Over the past half-decade the United States government has used indictments in...
The European Commission (EC) has finally weighed in on the recommendations of ICANN's Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP). The EPDP is reforming WHOIS to make it consistent with GDPR and privacy rights. The EC comments, we are happy to report, are well aligned with the positions of privacy advocates. This...
Not a day goes by without hearing that Russia wants to nationalize the Internet, fragment the Internet or block its citizens' access to the global Internet. Just yesterday, media sources announced that Russia will be testing its Internet shut down capabilities, which is a rather inaccurate account of Russia’s move...
Facebook did not have a good 2018. Treating its customers' personal information as a commodity, it was revealed by New York Times that “For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners...
Wow, has 2018 flown by! Hopefully, you're in a restful and reflective holiday mood. We want to look back at the top developments in Internet governance we covered, and offer some thoughts on issues that are heating up and what will be happening in the coming year. In the past...
The Ostrom Workshop at the University of Indiana carries on the work of the late Elinor and Vincent Ostrom on governance and institutions. I was honored to be invited by the Ostrom Workshop to give the 3rd annual Ostrom Memorial lecture Wednesday, October 3. The lecture challenged the idea of...
“In characteristically rigorous fashion, Mueller’s outstanding book punctures the alarmist myth of Internet fragmentation and helps us to understand what is really at stake as nations and other groups vie for power over the Internet.”
