Internet governance – who will shape the future of the Internet?
Channel: Internetstiftelsen
Date: 2014-11-25

In the news, we see headlines like “Brazil's controversial plan to extricate the internet from US control” “IETF declares war on surveillance”, “US Government Cedes Control Of The Internet” and “Future of the internet debated at NetMundial in Brazil”. But what do these headline actually mean?

This session will try to decipher some of those headlines, map out important developments in Internet governance to date, and explain the current state of play. It will provide different perspectives on the burning Internet governance questions on the table today. We will discuss what the “NTIA transition of the IANA functions” actually means, and look at what the future of the Internet and Internet governance could look like.