The western world’s internet doublespeak was on show at the United Nation’s (UN) 2022 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Discussions about internet fragmentation and the looming ...

Cambodia marked a major milestone in its digital governance journey with the convening of the first-ever Cambodia Internet ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The western world’s internet doublespeak was on show at the United Nation’s (UN) ...

Kyoto, Japan, 12 October 2023 – Recognizing both the opportunities and risks offered by rapid advancements in information and digital technology, the 18th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) wrapped up ...

9 October 2023 - Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, proliferating crises and widening inequalities, the challenges facing the global community in reaching the 2030 Agenda for ...

Over the past decade, the concept of building a community of a shared future in cyberspace and its successful practices have not only profoundly influenced the global internet governance landscape but ...

Five days after Russia’s all-out invasion, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, requested that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), one of the institutions ...

The rapidly growing capabilities and increasing presence of AI-based systems in our lives raise pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these technologies around ...

ICANN has set up a panel, consisting of people in government, civil society, the private sector, the technical community and international organizations, to address concerns about the governance of ...

Amid growing regulatory threats to online media in Albania and attempts by the media community to self-regulate, BIRN’s new report reveals the key role that internet governance plays in media freedom.

For decades, the Internet has developed with a minimum of government interference. The core governance of the medium has been performed by non-governmental entities and overseen by the U.S. government ...

In mid-December, the United Nations General Assembly will meet in New York for two days to discuss the future of Internet governance. A group of countries led by China and Russia is arguing that ...