Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
If you read my blog yesterday, you saw that things were looking pretty bleak for ICANN and international control of the Internet. However, today things have changed. A Russia-led coalition withdrew a proposal to give governments new powers over the Internet, a plan opposed by Western countries in talks on a new global telecom treaty.
Monday, December 10th, 2012
A 12-day conference of the International Telecommunications Union, taking place in Dubai, is supposed to result in the adoption of a new international treaty governing trans-border communications. But in a critical session at the midpoint of the...
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
An unprecedented debate over how the global Internet is governed is set to dominate a meeting of officials in Dubai next week. The 12-day conference of the International Telecommunications Union, a 147-year-old organization that’s now an arm...
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
The Internet Governance Forum’s annual meeting provides an opportunity for a wide range of stakeholders to discuss policy issues related to Internet management. The forum emerged out of the United Nations’ World Summit of the Information Society...
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Congressmen are saying they want fresh assurances that the new strings will not harm trademark holders and that the public has adequate opportunity to comment. The latest salvo came on Tuesday from the top leaders of the...
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., championed the resolution, which was sparked by concerns that some countries may try to use international telecommunications negotiations in December to increase the role that the U.N. plays in global Internet governance....
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
I met with a United States Congressman today who asked me and others what is wrong with ICANN and how can it be fixed? Everybody knows that VERISIGN got a sweetheart deal from ICANN to be the...
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