Is the Internet free and open?
Some days social media feels like this… It has been an interesting week for those interested in Internet studies. As everyone knows, the International Telecommunications Union is meeting in Dubai for...
View ArticleWhatever happened to our dream of a free Internet?
The latest NSA revelations appear to have done something quite interesting. More and more people are looking at the level of surveillance, and they are beginning to wonder how it is possible for one...
View ArticleInternet revolution, or more of the same?
What a difference a scandal makes. Turn your minds, if you may, to December 2012. The Syrian civil war enters one of its most deadly passages. The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Bruce Springsteen...
View ArticleHas the multi-stakeholder model failed us?
This is not the stakeholder you were thinking of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has held its 50th meeting in London this week. ICANN is one of the bodies that play an...
View ArticleNo, I do not believe in the multi-stakeholder model
I have attended the 9th Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul, which is a body that arose from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005, and which has the stated aim of discussing...
View ArticleThe return of cyber-libertarianism
For many of us interested in Internet Regulation, cyber-libertarianism is that wacky and archaic theory that is described at the start of a presentation, sort of like Geocities pages and Myspace...
View ArticleNew top level domains and the great Internet gold rush
How many more domains do I need to buy? Last week we learned that singer Taylor Swift purchased the domain names TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult in a move designed to prevent others from buying...
View ArticleDigital colonialism and decentralisation
Digital colonialism describes the domination of Western companies in the provision of digital services in developing countries. These tend to be overwhelmingly US-based, and can be found in messaging,...
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