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2014 Hearing Video: Ensuring the Security, Stability, Resilience, and Freedom of the Global Internet
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Internet Governance Coalition mentioned in Reuters article – “U.S. plan to relinquish Internet domain control moves forward”
A years-long Obama administration push to cede oversight of the nonprofit in charge of the Internet’s technical management to the global community moved ahead on Thursday, as officials said the plan’s was on track to be implemented before the U.S. presidential election in November. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, submitted…
Internet Governance Coalition quoted in Circle ID article: Internet Governance in Transition: The ITU as a Battleground for Rival Visions
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…
Internet Governance Coalition’s Ambassador Testifies at the Senate Commerce Committee Hearing “Examining the Multistakeholder Plan for Transitioning the Internet Assigned Number Authority”
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…
Statement on the transition of IANA from the U.S. government to the global internet community
Below is a statement from the Internet Governance Coalition on the transition of IANA from the U.S. government to the global internet community, set for 12:01 ET tomorrow. Coalition members include 21st Century Fox, AT&T, CISCO, Comcast, Disney, Facebook, GoDaddy, Google, Juniper, Microsoft, NCTA, Time Warner Cable, Telefonica, Verizon. “The transition of IANA from the U.S….
U.S. Senate Committee Hearing on “Preserving the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance”
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…