For the past two years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has faced mounting pressure to make itself more accountable to Internet stakeholders. Now a key driver of that pressure is in jeopardy as ICANN seeks to walk away from a critical agreement with the U.S. Government. [...]
Former Washington State Governor Gary Locke will undoubtedly face some tough questions during his confirmation hearing tomorrow, but the truly important ones will likely not be asked. The unfortunate reality is that the typical confirmation process provides little substance, but lots of political theater. Tomorrow is unlikely to be any [...]
According to a new connectivity scorecard created by Leonard Waverman of the London Business School, it's not the pure size of connections that matter, er, it's how we use our broadband that really matters. As a result, Americans are more "connected" than we think. We come out #1 (followed by [...]
Three years ago, the Financial Times published an op-ed by ACT president Jonathan Zuck regarding the first effort by governments like China, Iran, and Cuba to replace ICANN and its multi-stakeholder, bottom up-decision making process with a top-down government led body to dictate technological and policy decisions. At the time, [...]
Here at the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, we saw yet another domino begin to fall in the growing financial crisis. Despite the lack of interest in a bailout package by the Internet community and its companies, world governments seem to be interested in "rescuing" the Internet [...]