Markus Kummer, former Executive Coordinator of the Internet Governance Forum is now Vice President, Public Policy at the  Internet Society GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and RESTON, VIRGINIA, USA – 19 November 2011 – An internationally recognized leader in a broad range of Internet policy issues will join the Internet Society as head of its public policy department. Read more…

This is a Wall Street Journal Report by EVGENY MOROZOV At the end of 2010, the “open-source” software movement, whose activists tend to be fringe academics and ponytailed computer geeks, found an unusual ally: the Russian government. Vladimir Putin signed a 20-page executive order requiring all public institutions in Russia to replace proprietary software, developed Read more…