Back in November 2012, Arthur Herman, author of Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, warned in the pages of COMMENTARY about what was at stake because of the Obama administration’s decision to turn control over the governance and regulation of the Internet to the United Nations. He explained: This all …
The 2014 and 9th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 2 to 5 September 2014.. The overarching theme of the Istanbul meeting is: Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet Governance. This year’s meeting will build on previous IGFs and further the dialogue on Internet governance and emerging Internet issues. …
In a recent essay entitled, “The Strategic Significance of the Internet Commons,” former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff describes cyberspace and the Internet as a “global commons” that must come under “global governance.” This is the latest salvo in an ongoing campaign by a disparate congeries of internationalists, socialists, communists, and jihadists to turn …
NOBODY owns the entire Internet, but forthcoming changes will have worldwide impact on its use for everything from commerce to political speech, writes Dr James Jay Carafano. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit private American company, currently manages core functions including assigning and managing domain names and IP addresses, under …
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has been heavily criticized on its latest new gTLD advice to DotConnectAfrica’s application. During the recently concluded ICANN 50 international meeting, the GAC provided new advice through London Communiqué asking the following: The ICANN Board to provide timely communication to the affected parties, in particular to provide clarity on the …
Earlier this year while World Wide Web celebrated its 25th birthday, 25 years of unparalleled expansion, economic growth and social good. Sir Tim Berners Lee said “this is for everyone”. It’s up to us to make sure it stays that way. The freedom of the internet growth in a free thriving manner is a responsibility …
Noted American Wine Regions Join Forces to Protest ICANN’s Release of .wine and .vin Domain Names Nearly 2,000 American wineries decry misappropriation of hard-fought regional name recognition Seven noted American wine regions have banded together in opposition to the rights-to-the-highest-bidder release of generic top level domain names (gTLDs) such as .wine and .vin by the …
The number of requests filed with the International Centre for ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) surged in 2013 largely as a result of the mandate given to ICC by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to administer disputes over new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) names. At the same time, …
Queen ’s Speech 2014: what it means for you, Under the Serious Crime Bill, The purpose of the Bill is to create peace of mind for all that live here by building on current criminal and civil law to ensure we can continue to effectively and relentlessly pursue, disrupt and bring to justice serious and …
(Reuters) – The European Commission on Wednesday urged the United States to speed up its promised efforts to dilute U.S. influence over the governance of the Internet, saying it was time for America’s monopoly to come to an end. The U.S. government announced in March that it will give up its most direct means of …