[discuss] What is the scope of Internet Governance? Proposal from CCIA's NetMundial submission

Mon Mar 10 13:40:47 UTC 2014

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Erika

Erika Mann
ICANN Board of Directors
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at ccianet.org>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As I recall there was a robust discussion of how to define what 'Internet
> governance' consists of. We've had 10 years of debate about what the
> definition in the Tunis Agenda means in practical terms, yet no agreement.
>
> In our submission, CCIA has proposed a set of four principles that we
> believe make it much simpler to decide the scope of the term, without
> conflicting with the definition in Tunis: a different lens through which to
> view the subject.
>
> Our whole submission and rationale for these principles may be found here:
> http://content.netmundial.br/contribution/submission-to-the-global-stakeholder-meeting-on-the-
> future-of-internet-governance/248<http://content.netmundial.br/contribution/submission-to-the-global-stakeholder-meeting-on-the-future-of-internet-governance/248>.
> You will find other submissions echo some, or all, of them.
>
> The principles are:
>
>    1. *The network and the data that network carries are in fact (and are
>    to be treated as) entirely separate at the policy level*
>    2. *No stakeholder may take measures that compromise the ability of
>    the network to connect the greatest number of users at the lowest cost and
>    as efficiently as possible.*
>    3. *The management of, and access to, data that traverses the network
>    is not a subject of international Internet Governance*.
>    4. *Regulating the Internet, or technology more generally, will not
>    solve social problems*.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Nick Ashton-Hart
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