(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 …
It was a very reactionary decision from Brazil to organise this meeting,…..But I don’t think anything new or creative or different is going to come out. A meeting to determine how the internet should be governed gets under way in Sao Paulo, Brazil later. The country’s president, Dilma Rousseff, organised the two-day NetMundial event following …
European Commission to Propose Steps to Curb U.S. Influence Over Key Web Functions, Commission says NSA revelations call into question US role in internet governance, which should be more global BRUSSELS—The European Union’s executive body is raising pressure to reduce U.S. influence over the Internet’s architecture amid what it called weakened confidence in the network’s …
Press Release: EU Commission to pursue role as honest broker in future global negotiations on Internet Governance In the wake of large-scale Internet surveillance and reduced trust in the internet, the European Commission today proposes a key reform to the way the Internet is managed and run. The proposal calls for more transparent, accountable and …