19.11.2014 - 11:28 [ Techdirt ]

Internet Society Says ‚Oh, Hell No‘ To ICANN‘s Plan For A ‚UN Security Council For The Internet‘

Earlier this month, ICANN, along with the World Economic Forum and a Brazilian government group called CGI.br, announced a NetMundial Initiative, which is being described as a sort of „UN Security Council for the internet.“ If NetMundial sounds familiar, that‘s because back in April there was a big meeting on internet governance in Brazil called NetMundial. While this has the same name, it seems to be basically unrelated to that, but rather, it appears to be these three groups setting themselves up in power positions over internet governance.