<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Apparently it’s just one guy in the White House, and it conflicts with the techno-democracy thing State is doing. Not an “alliance” in the sense of multiple parties acting in concert, but maybe more like the “coalition of the willing.” Sounds like it’s very unlikely to become anything real, but who knows. <br><div dir="ltr"> <div> -Bill</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 5, 2021, at 2:42 PM, Ayden Férdeline via Governance <governance@lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,<br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"></div></div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any additional information on the so-called “Alliance for the Future of the Internet” that Politico mentions in <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/biden-democracy-summit-technology-519530" target="_blank" title="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/biden-democracy-summit-technology-519530" rel="nofollow">this article</a>? They do share a short discussion paper and timeline that the U.S. will be proposing next month, but if there are any conversations involving civil society, would be great to learn more... Thanks!<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/biden-democracy-summit-technology-519530">https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/biden-democracy-summit-technology-519530</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ayden Férdeline</div><span>-- </span><br><span>Governance mailing list</span><br><span>Governance@lists.igcaucus.org</span><br><span>https://lists.igcaucus.org/mailman/listinfo/governance</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>