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ICANN opens generic domain application process

...new registrants. Some organisations have called ICANN's ability to provide efficient internet governance of thousands of new TLDs into doubt. A coalition of organisations... Read more

12 January, 2012

Scotland asks UK for DotScot support

...domain (gTLD). "I am sure the UK Government with its responsibility for internet governance will want to support us," Neil said in a statement on... Read more

26 September, 2011
Beckstrom: I came to change Icann

Beckstrom: I came to change Icann

...term in July 2012. He has also presided over historic changes to internet governance, including Icann distancing itself from direct US Department of Commerce control... Read more

24 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

G8 backs government role in internet

...chair Eric Schmidt and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg give their views on internet governance Read more

27 May, 2011

US influence on the internet worries EU body

...infrastructure security, said while the internet had grown out of US systems, internet governance and control now rested on collaboration between countries. "There's a... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ICANN still rules the Internet roost

...domain names, the agreement also calls for the creation of a UN "Internet Governance Forum." The new UN will have no regulatory powers — instead, it... Read more

23 November, 2005 by John McCormick

Internet governance battles to continue

...Tunisia this week, UN secretary-general Kofi Annan will create a new Internet Governance Forum that will meet for the first time in 2006. It... Read more

18 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

Global Web: An Internet governance run-down

...at the WSIS effectively shifted the debate to a new United Nations "Internet Governance Forum" that's scheduled to meet for the first time next... Read more

17 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

US endorses Internet Governance Forum

...signing the statement, the Bush administration formally endorsed the creation of an "Internet Governance Forum" that will meet for the first time in 2006 under... Read more

16 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

Internet governance - unpalatable, but necessary

The United Nations should be applauded for its commitment to Internet governance. Since deciding last December that the Internet was a 'global facility... Read more

27 September, 2004 by Leader

Internet best practice contest launched

...which runs the .uk domain registry, is a participant in the worldwide Internet Governance Forum (IGF). It wants to establish a UK-specific version of... Read more

6 June, 2007 by David Meyer

UN proposes net governance changes

...rights themselves.) Similarly, Amnesty International has sent a delegation here to the Internet Governance Forum to emphasise the need for protecting free speech. "The Internet... Read more

31 October, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

US stands firm over Internet control

...of the Internet. Does the US government have too much control of Internet governance? If you look at it the way most people would, it... Read more

11 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

ICANN to fast track internationalised domain names

...country-coded top level domains (ccTLDs) and local language scripting at the Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. ICANN, the worldwide not-for... Read more

15 November, 2007 by Marcus Browne

Bush challenges EC over Internet governance

...that has performed well for decades. "For all of you involved in Internet governance and the model that has been set up, we support it... Read more

21 October, 2005 by Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh

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