The Internet Governance Coalition recently submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (“NTIA”) Notice of Inquiry on proposals and positions for the 2020 World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly. Read the IGC’s comments here.
The Internet Governance Coalition submitted input to the UN for the ongoing consultation on priorities for the Global Digital Compact, recognizing the following: Read the IGC’s comments here.
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will convene a hearing on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, entitled “Preserving the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance.” As the U.S. government considers relinquishing control over certain aspects of Internet governance to the private sector, concerns remain that the loss of…
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…
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Examining the Multistakeholder Plan for Transitioning the Internet Assigned Number Authority” on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. The hearing will examine the proposed transition of oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers…
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…
