“The US government on Saturday ceded control over the internet’s naming system, despite concerted attempts to stop the long-planned transition. If you believe recent arguments by Republic Senator Ted Cruz and a lawsuit by four Republican state attorneys general, the Obama Administration just handed US government control of the internet to Russia and China and…
The Internet Governance Coalition extends our sincere appreciation to Brazil for hosting the “Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance,” to be held in São Paulo. The Meeting is taking place at a time when the topic of Internet governance is an issue of great interest around the world… [more]
During the past few years, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has been a battleground where governments promote rival visions of how the Internet should be governed. Although there has been a recent cease-fire as Internet governance debates have focused more on the role of ICANN, those skirmishes may soon restart at the ITU. Indeed, Internet-related…
The Internet Governance Coalition, whose members include NCTA: The Internet & Television Association, studios and computer giants, praised the Oct. 1 hand-off of U.S. oversight of the domain name system (DNS) to a multistakeholder model but with a caveat. In a statement Monday following the transition of the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) oversight, the coalition hailed the…
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.
