February 28, 2006

Ein virtuelles Mekka fur Netizens?
WSIS Action Line Facilitation: Building Confidence and Security in the use of ICTs
OECD ICCP Workshop: "The Future of the Internet", Paris, 8 March 2006

February 22, 2006

WSIS Secretariat Freezes Web-Pages for Geneva, Tunis Phases The Executive Secretariat of WSIS has announced the freezing of the web-pages of both the Geneva and Tunis phases of the summit.
Bret Fausett's ICANN Blog & IGF Plenty of coverage including podcasts and links to other websites of the IGF on Bret Fausett's ICANN Blog
Internet Stakeholders Gather To Discuss Internet Governance Forum Internet stakeholders are gathering in Geneva this week to discuss the future of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), an entity authorized by world leaders at the conclusion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) last November.
Internet Governance: An Antispam Perspective All those Internet Governance pundits who track ICANN the way paparazzi track Paris Hilton are barking up the wrong tree. They've mistaken the Department of Street Signs for the whole of the state. The real action involves words like rbldnsd, content filtering, and webs of trust.
The Malta Discussions on Internet Governance: Summary of the International Conference Conference discussions were divided into five panels, each looking at different aspects of the future Internet Governance Forum. In addition, DiploTeam members and researchers presented Diplo's Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme and the results of research on a number of topics, including the protection of public interest with regards to the Internet. The document includes some of the main points which emerged from each panel's deliberations.
Experts: Don't shoot messenger to protect Internet Governments must not let debates over Internet content affect the underlying interoperability of the global network's infrastructure, a panel of Internet policy experts said yesterday.
Verhandlungen zur DNS-Aufsicht hinter verschlossenen Turen Das vom WSIS beschlossene IGF soll sich mit Spam, Cybercrime und Multilingualismus (in German)
Internet Governance Forum: Wer bestimmt was im Internet?
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) This website has been set up to support the process started by the United Nations Secretary-General with a view to convening a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue - the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The Secretary-General was mandated by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to convene such a Forum and he asked his Special Advisor for WSIS, Mr. Nitin Desai, to hold consultations in this matter. Consultations on the Convening of the IGF. The texts of the realtime transcription of the 16 - 17 February Consultations on the convening of the IGF are now available for viewing:
The Internet Society's contribution on the formation of the Internet Governance Forum The Internet Society was pleased that WSIS ensured the continued success of the Internet through its commitment to build on the governance mechanisms and organizations that have so clearly enabled the Internet's incredibly successful growth. This broad recognition of the achievements, the effectiveness, and of course the legitimacy of these organizations, was a clear endorsement of their continued vital role in the further development of the Internet.
Expertos empiezan a disecar el futuro Foro para Gobierno Internet Expertos de todo el mundo comenzaron a debatir cuбl serб el diseсo y la estructura del futuro Foro para el Gobierno de Internet (IGF, por sus siglas en ingles), un organismo que estudiarб grandes cuestiones relacionadas con los principios elementales del gobierno de la red.
From Terra Tecnonolia: El futuro Foro para Gobierno Internet
Internet as Freedom Multiplier, Censor's Nightmare (news release) Statement on Internet as Multiplier for Freedom and Censor's Nightmare: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy; Prepared Statement for Joint Hearing, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations and the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Committee on International Relations

February 16, 2006

The Internet After the Internet Governance Forum Bret Fausett's podcast - Today's show starts with a review of last week's show, then moves to Internet Governance and this week's organizational meeting for the U.N.'s Internet Governance Forum.
Why the net should stay neutral Is it time to let internet companies provide premium access to paying websites and services? No, says BBC technology commentator Bill Thompson.

February 9, 2006

How to Build an Internet Governance Forum By Milton Mueller The Internet Governance Project has released a new discussion paper explaining how the Forum could work.
Council Working Group on WSIS (WG-WSIS): MEETING SUMMARY Background: The purpose of the meeting was to discuss ITU's adaptation to the Information Society environment and Implementation of WSIS decisions.
The 2006 Grafstein Lecture in Communications: Ambassador David A. Gross To watch this lecture, "New Technologies and the Rise of Political Liberty", go to
From The Webcast Portal
Internet governance: the way forward An international conference entitled "Internet Governance: The Way Forward" is being organised by DiploFoundation in co-operation with the Maltese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malta Communications Authority and other international partners, to provide a forum for discussion of the establishment of the Internet Governance Forum.

February 7, 2006

Who Control's the Internet A discussion on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National Late Night Live programme on who control's the internet, and the way forward.
http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/s1560509.htm
http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/audio/lnl_02022006_2856.ram
http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/audio/lnl_02022006_28M.asx
http://abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/lnl_20060202.mp3
Opinion: ICANN, the ITU, WSIS, and Internet Governance by Geoff Huston, APNIC (03/2005) This opinion piece looks at the various range of views about ICANN and its rationale and role over its brief history.
WSIS E-FLASH No24 - 30 January 2006 The WSIS Executive Secretariat has decided to continue the tradition of the E-Flash to keep you updated on events in the post-WSIS process.