/discussion-board http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/multistakeholder-opinions-an-experiment-for-the-igf-draft At last week's World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF), a proposed opinion was tabled by Brazil titled Operationalizing the role of Government in the multi-stakeholder framework for Internet Governance. In an earlier form discussed at the ITU's Informal Experts Group (IEG) the proposal had not reached consensus. But by 16 May, the revised and much shortened version of the proposal was tabled at the WTPF drew broader interest and support. Due to lack of time however, it was not possible to reach any conclusion on the proposed opinion. http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/multistakeholder-opinions-an-experiment-for-the-igf-draft 18 May 2013 21:31:45 GMT http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/a-conversation-with-the-technical-community In my series of posts about Internet freedom in a world of states (beginning with this one), I tried to condense my thoughts on Internet governance reform into the simplest possible terms. But still I have had to clear up misunderstandings, and state my position even more starkly. I've been doing that on an ISOC mailing list, from which I present some key excerpts below. (This conversation is kicked off by Dave Burstein, but has been carried on between myself and Nick Ashton-Hart over the past couple of days.)Dave: One issue is that much of the world is angry they are effectively http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/a-conversation-with-the-technical-community 07 May 2013 11:47:03 GMT http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/my-proposal-to-the-cstd-working-group-on-enhanced-cooperation I was shortlisted though not ultimately selected for the CSTD's Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, but I intend to participate an an observer and by feeding ideas to the civil society representatives who were selected, through a new Best Bits working group. http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/my-proposal-to-the-cstd-working-group-on-enhanced-cooperation 13 Apr 2013 14:04:51 GMT http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/isoc-stacking-the-deck First off, I'm a long-time Internet Society (ISOC) member and former chapter director (some of the publications to the side are ones that I wrote for ISOC-AU), and I would like nothing better than for ISOC to continue to play a significant role in Internet governance, with the areas of its competence. However I happen to believe that others with different competencies also ought also to have a significant role, and that seems to be my main area of difference with ISOC's current management, who would rather that ISOC was in the driving seat. http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/isoc-stacking-the-deck 17 Mar 2013 16:42:32 GMT http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/a-civil-society-agenda-for-internet-governance-in-2013-internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states-part-3 Our starting point in developing such a proposal should be to make global Internet governance processes more democratic. In principle, democracy is very straight-forward: it simply requires an accountable and transparent process by which those who will be affected by a decision have an equal say in how that decision is made, provided that the decision also respects the fundamental human rights of all. http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/a-civil-society-agenda-for-internet-governance-in-2013-internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states-part-3 18 Feb 2013 15:30:33 GMT http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-evolution-of-internet-governance-internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states-part-2 There is a real opportunity here to influence the evolution of existing Internet governance arrangements in a way that would kill two birds with one stone: http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-evolution-of-internet-governance-internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states-part-2 18 Feb 2013 15:31:35 GMT http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/three-false-assumptions-internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states-part-1 In the wake of last year's defeat of the controversial ACTA treaty in Europe and of the SOPA and PIPA bills in the United States, both of which called on intermediaries to police consumers' use of the Internet, digital rights activists in the West have naturally gained a heightened sensitivity to their governments intruding on Internet freedoms. http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/three-false-assumptions-internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states-part-1 18 Feb 2013 15:29:17 GMT http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-un-takeover-of-the-internet-meme Excerpted from Digital News Asia... http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-un-takeover-of-the-internet-meme 28 Dec 2012 12:53:05 GMT http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/after-this-weeks-un-resolution-what-next-for-the-future-of-internet-governance This week an important resolution for the future of online communications came before a United Nations body. Hotly contested and politicised, the fate of the resolution remained on a knife-edge until the last minute. Now that it's all over, the reverberations from this diplomatic battle may affect the future of the Internet for many years to come. http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/after-this-weeks-un-resolution-what-next-for-the-future-of-internet-governance 17 Dec 2012 18:54:36 GMT