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Hi everyone, in the light of the recent SOPA/PIPA strikes and the Megaupload case, our next IG webinar will be on copyright infringement. Information below, and here. 

 

[Webinar] Copyright infringement: from SOPA/PIPA to Megaupload

Dubbed the largest…

Friends, due to the positive and encouraging feedback we received, as of this month, our Internet governance webinars will become a regular event. More info below, and here.

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As of this month,…

Aldo Matteucci, Diplo's resident (self-styled) contrarian (I think he is more of a word artist), posted an excellent piece on controlling narrative. He starts with the fight for control of the narrative about the Costa Concordia shipwreck and illustrates further with examples from diplomacy. He introduces two types of controlling narrative: internal (in the conference room) and external (public). Worth reading for anyone involved or following global policy making: …

http://www.escwa.un.org/information/meetingdetails.asp?referenceNum=1759EConsultation meeting to establish an Arab IGF

DiploFoundation has joined the global community in the SOPA Strike today, the online protest to stop Internet censorship bills SOPA and PIPA. Diplo's website, www.diplomacy.edu, is blacked out. 

Instead, the website is showing the Press Statement by the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus on Censorship, a statement which Diplo is endorsing.

Are you/your organisation supporting…

A joint campaign with Fundacion Via Libre. The Spanish version of this article is available here.

Two years ago, the UK dismantled their national ID scheme and shredded their National Identity Registry in…

Wow, 2012 is going to be exciting--rather--2012 is already exciting for IG and Diplo... The latest? A blog post, Google...stop thinking for me! by Mary Murphy, which brings together some very important and controversial hot topics from this week: see…

We are at the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a very eventful year in Internet governance. Can we expect a continuation of the main developments from 2011 or will the current situation catalyse the emergence of new controversies? We invite you to our first webinar of 2012, on 12 January at 14.00 GMT, to brainstorm as we seek to foresee the unforeseeable. For this crystal ball…

Since before Christmas I have been considering a question, and persuading myself that it would be naïve to ask it. It’s an ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’  type question. But the recent discussions of the article by Vint Cerf in the New York Times  coupled with the…

Vint Cerf says: '...…

The continued exponential growth of Internet usage has led to the diminishing of the IPv4 address pool hence IPv6; IPv6 is the new protocol that was introduced to replace IPv4 in the long term. This exponential growth has mainly been accounted for by the rapid adoption of the Internet in the developing world (DW) which is a “newcomer” onto the Internet scene. The early transition to IPv6, therefore, offers several opportunities the developing world (DW) can benefit from as discussed…

Dear colleagues and friends,



I hope you have some time to reflect on an extremely eventful year behind us. Earlier this week, we held a quite dynamic webinar on the 10 main developments in IG in 2011. The webinar discussion naturally evolved into predictions of developments for 2012.  During the week of 9th of January, we plan to held another webinar focusing on the 10 Main Developments in IG in 2012. Please join us for this “crystal ball” exercise. More info will follow via…

I have been following a UK project 'Pathways through Participation' and they just sent me an update. Anyone interested in citizen/civil society participation may find this information helpful.

This is not about ICT, or the governance of the Internet. Nevertheless it deals with an issue frequently discussed in the Internet Governance field - how far domestic law can/should stretch.The link is to an article by Norman Girvan discussing the hasty re-location of a recent meeting held in…

In general, the need for new regulations varies with the situation and condition of a particular market place. While the design and role of a regulatory framework may change with the passage of time, certain critical elements are always integrated including decision-making processes, accountability, consumer protection, dispute resolution, spectrum management, licensing and ensuring quality of service. If we observe last 15 years, regulatory frameworks for telecommunication markets…

I’m not sure whether this is a policy issue, but it seems to me it might be. Wikileaks is back in the news again http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16211977 Many of us applauded the publication of the documents – a bold step towards freedom and the citizen’s right to information. There were even leaked cables about little Saint Lucia where I live. To my knowledge – and please correct me if I’m wrong – no evidence has…

The draft Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is currently being debated by the US legislature, but it has been severely criticised by tech experts and the industry at large. It aims to protect US Intellectual Property, and has been designed with considerable reach that could affect us the Caribbean.

Yesterday, the Judicial House Committee, one of the standing committees of the US House of Representatives held a hearing on the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a…

We're looking back at 2011, a year filled with events and developments that have had a significant impact on Internet governance. Dr Jovan Kurbalija will go through the ten most significant ones during a special end-of-year webinar next week.

A provisional list of the ten most significant events and developments can be found here. Yet, the list is currently a 'draft'. Tuesday's…

The European Union plans to distribute new software to help human rights activists and dissidents in authoritarian regimes circumvent censorship.

"Enabling citizens of authoritarian countries to bypass surveillance and censorship measures depends on two basic conditions: availability of appropriate technologies (in particular software programs that can be installed on one's desktop computer, laptop, smart-phone or other device) and awareness, both of the techniques used by…