2014 Hearing Video: Ensuring the Security, Stability, Resilience, and Freedom of the Global Internet
To watch the entire 2014 video hearing click here.
The internet is an all-American invention—just ask Al Gore. Yes, I know that Gore did not “invent” the internet, and it is an urban legend that he claimed to have invented it. It is generally accepted, however, that the foundational structure of the internet was developed in the U.S. in the 1960s, largely through the…
After reviewing the National Telecommunications & Information Administration’s plan to transition stewardship of the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which oversees domain naming conventions, from the U.S. to a multistakeholder, the Internet Governance Coalition says it will be “good for America, good for American business, good for the Internet and good for the world…” [more]
Yesterday, the Board of Directors the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approved the multistakeholder community’s proposal for transitioning oversight of the Internet’s addressing system from the US government to the global multistakeholder community. The Board approval follo wed approvals from ICANN’s chartering organizations. I want to congratulate the community for their tireless…
The Internet Governance Coalition recently submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (“NTIA”) Notice of Inquiry on international Internet policy priorities for 2018 and beyond. Read the comments here.