For the Internet Governance Leaders of Tomorrow: Learning in a multistakeholder environment Meissen, Germany, July 31, 2010 Do you want to understand the multilayer, multiplayer mechanisms of Internet Governance? Do you want to know what the political, economic, social and legal implications of Internet Governance are? Do you want to learn what is behind cryptic Read more…

Principles for Governance and Use of Internet in Brazil endorsed by the Internet Steering Committee of Brazil CGI.br/Res/2009/03/P 1. Freedom, privacy and human rights The use of the Internet must be driven by the principles of freedom of expression, individual privacy and the respect for human rights, recognizing them as essential to the preservation of Read more…

The New York Chapter of the Intrnet Society just held an event to discuss the privacy aspects of cloud computing. The guest speaker was Eben Moglen, general counsel of the Free Software Foundation. He had some novel ideas on how to reclaim privacy whilst engaging in social networking, and challenges the tech community to make Read more…

The Internet Society (ISOC) is happy to announce a new programme beginning in 2010: the ISOC Next Generation Leaders (NGL) programme. The NGL was officially launched 6 October 2009 at a youth forum lunch during the ITU Telecom World week in Geneva. The programme is aimed at emerging talents across the globe, between the ages Read more…

As part of a Jan 7 2010 Churchill Club forum What’s Next with the Internet: Vint Cerf Looks Ahead, Vint noted the need for intercloud communication protocols, and remarked that individual devices – ‘cloudlets’ – might themselves make use of such protocols   from ISOC New York’s Notice Board, posted by Joly MacFie