[governance] the latest coverage of the IGF in the world press

David Goldstein goldstein_david at yahoo.com.au
Wed Nov 1 07:42:04 EST 2006 

Hi all

Below, for anyone interested, is a comprehensive coverage of the IGF over the last few days. Some of the more interesting articles I'm putting on my website on a daily basis. At the bottom is coverage in non-English language newspapers. To check out daily IGF updates, go to http://technewsreview.com.au/

Cheers
David

International net domains 'risky'
The global inter-operability of the internet needs to be preserved, Vint Cerf told a global gathering in Athens. He said the ability for everyone and every device to connect to the net using a simple protocol was the backbone of the internet. But changes to the way the net works, to accommodate a multi-lingual internet, raised concerns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6099370.stm

'Gambits' are a risk to Internet domain system
Vinton Cerf, a communications expert known as a father of the Internet, said Sunday that he feared the network's addressing system would break down if "political gambits" by international groups or national agencies interfere with plans to expand the languages used in domain names.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/29/business/net.php
http://www.toptechnews.com/news/Political-Gambits-Put-Internet-at-Risk/story.xhtml?story_id=13300C80PH1L
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Political-Gambits-Put-Internet-at-Risk/story.xhtml?story_id=13300C80PH1L

IGF - Major changes ahead for domain name system
Vint Cerf told the open session of the inaugural IGF that he accepts that it will be necessary to expand the range of characters that can be used in domain name so that individuals and organisations can include characters from their own languages in their websites' URLs.
http://www.itpro.co.uk/internet/news/96933/igf-major-changes-ahead-for-domain-name-system.html

A Web Conflict Centers on Languages Used in Addresses
As the first Internet Governance Forum begins today near Athens, a conflict is emerging over the use of non-Western characters and languages in Internet addresses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/technology/30net.html

BBC Reporter's Log: Internet Governance Forum
The future of the net is under discussion at the first-ever Internet Governance Forum in Athens on Monday. The four-day forum has been set up by the United Nations to give companies, governments, organisations and individuals the space to debate what should happen to the net in the coming years. BBC News website Technology editor Darren Waters is reporting from the conference as it happens.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6090394.stm

World discusses internet future
The future of the net is the ambitious topic under discussion at the first global Internet Governance Forum, being held in Athens over the next five days.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6087174.stm

Dialogue needed on internet's future by Nitin Desai, Chair, IGF organising group
The Internet Governance Forum, set up by the United Nations as a multi-stakeholder space for dialogue, will meet for the first time on 30 October in Athens.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6081440.stm

UK perspective on the net's future by Emily Taylor, Director of legal and policy, Nominet
The Internet Governance Forum takes place in Athens from 30 October, at which the future of the net will be discussed by thousands of stakeholders - governments, organisations, companies and individuals. But what does the UK have at stake in the discussions?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6086960.stm

Moderation, frustration, and making people uncomfortable - An internet conference with no internet
You reach a certain level of frustration and then, suddenly, you relax. The struggle becomes impossible and then you realise that, ultimately, it's not that important. You're still breathing air, you still have legs, this will come to an end. What on earth am I talking about? The mild insanity of hosting a global, revolutionary internet conference and then failing to allow anyone to actually access it - the internet, that is.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/igf_blog_tuesday/

Internet forum promises democracy to the masses
The inaugural meeting of the IGF was opened in Athens yesterday morning by Greek prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis amid proud claims that the forum represented a new level of democratic thinking at the top of the internet.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/igf_day_one/

IGF: Why you should care
The inaugural meeting of the IGF will be opened today at 10am by the Greek prime minister in Athens, starting the gun on four days of discussion that many hope will provide answers to some of the internet's biggest problems.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/igf_overview/

Greek blogger arrest infuriates world
The arrest of a blogger by Greek police just days before Athens hosts the inaugural meeting of the IGF has left the blogosphere in uproar and the authorities with egg on their face.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/greek_blogger_arrested/

Global net forum opens its doors - online and off
Ordinary internet users will have a chance to make points and ask questions of the world's governments, not to mention business, engineers and media, over the next four days as the IGF opens its doors - both physically and online - for the first time.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/igf_opens_doors/
http://out-law.com/page-7431

New Internet Governance Proposal Would Trim US Role, Boost Private Sector
Becky Burr and Marilyn Cade have issued an updated proposal aimed at defusing the biggest policy tensions by moving governance to the private sector and increasing international involvement. The proposal calls on the US government to initiate several steps to respond to international concern about its unique authority over the authoritative root. The steps include clarifying that the appropriate role of government is limited to serving as the “backstop” for threats to the stability and security of the Internet, identification of changes to the underlying Internet structure that do not threaten the Internet’s security or stability, development of a new intergovernmental working group with regional representation to review changes to the Internet structure that create serious stability concerns, and calling upon ICANN to become more transparent and accountable.
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=439&res=1152_ff&print=0

Online Content Among Many Issues At Internet Governance Forum
The four-day Internet Governance Forum opened on 30 October by addressing many topics, among them the availability of content online. Content on the Internet will be addressed in a variety of ways this week, including ways to boost local content creation in developing countries, ways to protect intellectual property rights, the free flow of information and open standards for information technology.
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=437&res=1152_ff&print=0

The internet's future is out of this world by Vint Cerf
In 2006 most people in the developed world would find it hard to imagine life without the internet; never before has a single technology become so central to our lives so quickly. Email, search, e-commerce, social networking sites — hundreds of millions of people use them every day. But the original internet was a very different world. Designed in 1973, the idea was to enable the US Defence Department to integrate computers into its command and control system. Of course, it was also immediately adopted by its academic developers for their own uses!
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/zdnetuk/opinion/comment/0,1000002138,39284432,00.htm

Chairman Vint Cerf's Opening Remarks at Internet Governance Forum,
Vint Cerf's opening remarks address the structure of the internet, International Domain Names, interoperability, IPv6 and more.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-30oct06.htm

ICANN at the Internet Governance Forum
ICANN is co-hosting two workshops that will run in parallel to the IGF main sessions. The purpose of the workshop, co-hosted with ISOC, is to discuss the importance of participating in the processes of key Internet organisations and mechanisms, to show how one can participate and, importantly, how to locally build the appropriate expertise and capacity to successfully contribute.  Different perspectives on participation and engagement by different communities and stakeholders will be explored with an emphasis on encouraging a discussion of practical examples and key learnings for increasing participation, particularly from communities that are typically under-represented.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-30oct06.htm

ICANN: IDNA Protocol Review and Proposals for Changes
In follow up to the RFC4690 that was made available in September and announced on http://www.icann.org on 19 October 2006, a review of the IDNA protocol is underway. The review is managed through the IAB and the IETF.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-31oct06.htm

EC: Web 2.0 means power and responsibility
The move towards Web 2.0 will stir the debate over internet governance and make businesses and individuals more powerful and responsible web users, Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, has told the IGF.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39284476,00.htm

Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media speech titled "The Internet – key to freedom, democracy and economic development"
The Internet Governance Forum will be one important pillar of the new model of co-operation between all stakeholders, including all governments, agreed upon in Tunis last year. The Internet Governance Forum does not replace negotiations between governments on the enhanced co-operation model, but is a complementary process. I expect it to generate ideas and solutions that I intend to feed into the debate between governments to ensure that both processes do not operate in isolation. In that respect, I see first efforts circulating notably on the management of the DNS. This goes in the right direction and the European Commission will keep contributing to the discussions.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/650&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Firms defend dealings with China
The work of firms such as Microsoft and Cisco was the centre of a debate about openness at the IGF in Athens.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6102180.stm

RSF blasts firms for China Web control (Reuters)
China's control of the Internet stirred controversy at the first global Internet governance forum on Tuesday when  Reporters sans frontières accused western firms of providing Chinese police with technology to limit Web freedom.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/10/31/china.web.freedom.reut

China blows minds at Athens IGF
On Monday, at a workshop held under the UN sponsored Internet Governance Forum in Athens, Greece, Chinese diplomat Yang Xiaokun set a new world record in cognitive dissonance as he explained in an exchange with BBC anchor and session moderator, Nik Gowing, that there is no internet censorship in China.
http://www.shanghaiist.com/archives/2006/11/01/china_blows_min.php

China: We don't censor the Internet. Really
While many countries block off some Web sites, China has long drawn heightened scrutiny because of the breadth and sophistication of its Internet censorship.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130970.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6130970.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13953292

Companies say Web censorship growing (AP)
Internet search leader Google and other major U.S. technology companies insisted Tuesday that their products benefit Chinese citizens despite government restrictions and warnings that online censorship is spreading.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/31/1162056949189.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/15895104.htm
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_GOVERNANCE

IGF - ICANN protesters face human rights protesters
The Internet Governance Forum is already running towards a major split in Athens. Although the US is slowly loosening its control of ICANN, this is not enough for some of the delegates. The secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, Mr Utsumi, summed up the view of many when he lambasted the US for dragging its feet over independence for ICANN and its stonewalling at the World Summit.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/broadband/news/96940/igf-icann-protesters-face-human-rights-protesters.html

Companies Say Web Censorship Growing
Internet search leader Google and other major U.S. technology companies insisted Tuesday that their products benefit Chinese citizens despite government restrictions and warnings that online censorship is spreading.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/31/1162056949189.html

Annan stresses development role at first ever meeting of the Internet Governance Forum
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday stressed the importance of using the worldwide net to promote global development as he opened the first ever Internet Governance Forum by encouraging participants to use the four-day gathering to foster dialogue and cooperation. 
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0610317258182329.htm

Rhetorical Questions on IDN TLD Approaches by Jothan Frakes
With the IGF underway, there's a lot of discussion surrounding Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). There has been lots of great progress in IDN technology with IE7 and Firefox browsers now fully IDN-Aware, strong IDN registrations and websites behind them. Now that many of the hurdles to implementation have been addressed to where the technology is either currently available to most internet users, or shall be soon, we now focus to the other aspects of IDN.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/rhetorical_questions_idn_tld/

The Internet Governance Forum: Will Theory Lead To Action?
The first meeting of the U.N. IGF began yesterday in Athens, and it's promoting a very worthy agenda. Some of the critical issues to be discussed include these: Who has access to the Internet? Who has control? What are the best ways to combat spam, phishing, and child pornography? How can we protect freedom of speech online--especially in countries with repressive regimes?
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193500586

Use Of Multi-Lingual Internet, Raises Concern
Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the Internet, told delegates at the first-ever Internet Governance Forum being held in Athens, Greece that global inter-interoperability of the Internet needs to be preserved. The IGF is sponsored by the U.N. in the hopes of bringing all the decision makers involved in the Internet together.
http://bizreport.com/2006/10/use_of_multilingual_internet_raises_concern.html

Internet Governance Forum takes on China, US
The IGF is meeting in Athens this week, and they've been talking up a storm. The global body was convened under the auspices of the UN after last year's meeting of the WSIS in Tunis, where it was agreed that a global venue for discussing 'Net issues ought to be created. Gathering technocrats, activists, and politicians from around the globe for four days of talking sounds a lot like golf on TV—wonderful for playing in the background while you take a Sunday afternoon nap—but in reality has already proved to be quite fascinating. With half the conference concluded, Ars brings you up to speed on what's gone down so far at the IGF.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061031-8115.html

Net governance forum: Hot air or hot opinions? (IDG)
For many critics, the United Nations-sponsored IGF is nothing more than a hot-air event void of any decision-making power. But advocates see the meeting, the first to follow last year's contentious WSIS, as an opportunity to set the tone for future discussions on who should govern the Internet and how.
http://infoworld.com/article/06/10/30/HNnetgovernanceforum_1.html
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1115598626;fp;2;fpid;1
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/4535/061030netgov/

Internet expansion 'will happen in developing countries'
Asia will drive a massive online expansion by the end of the decade, helped by computer sharing and emerging mobile phone technology, the United Nation’s top Internet official has predicted.
http://www.sbpost.ie/breakingnews/breaking_story.asp?j=230734650&p=z3x735465

IGF Debates Localization of the Internet (reg req'd)
The IGF, which could ultimately turn out to be either the United Nations of the internet or just a toothless policy talking shop, convened for the first time yesterday, and the issue of internationalization was at the forefront.
http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=D6661EE6%2D0170%2D4D3D%2DACF5%2D1C4718B1C685

U.N. proposes changes to Net's operation
Yoshio Utsumi, a top United Nations official on Monday called for changes in the way the Internet is operated, taking aim at "self-serving justifications" for permitting the United States to preserve its unique influence and authority online.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6130549.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39284474,00.htm

IGF: The Future of the Internet is in Asia, on Cell Phones
In case you missed it, The IGF is going on in Greece this week. The conference has been set up by the UN to give governments, companies, organizations and individuals the opportunity to meet and debate the future of the Internet. Here are some highlights.
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2006/10/30/igf-the-future-of-the-internet-is-in-asia-on-cell-phones

EU official satisfied with ICANN's performance managing Internet (AP)
A top EU official praised the United States' commitment to pull back from its historic oversight of the Internet as a worldwide conference on the network's future opened Monday.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/31/1162056949186.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/30/AR2006103000531.html
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/30/financial/f100012S87.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/30/financial/f100305S88.DTL

EU Says Will Press For Uncensored Internet (Dow Jones)
The European Union will urge countries to uncensor the Internet for its citizens at this week's IGF in Greece, Commission telecom spokesman Martin Selmayr said Monday.
http://nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20061030%5cACQDJON200610300821DOWJONESDJONLINE000320.htm&

UN forum on control of the Internet opens in Athens (AFP)
A year after the United States narrowly avoided a bruising row with the rest of the world over control of the Internet, round two of talks on the Web's future opened in Athens Monday in a UN-sponsored Forum on Internet Governance.
http://metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20061031-050016-9905r

Forum in Greece tackles internet governance
Online access and security are high on the agenda of an international conference on internet governance taking place in Athens from Monday.
http://www.nzz.ch/2006/10/30/eng/article7205675.html

Double-byte domains a risk
Internet pioneer Vint Cerf says attempts to introduce double-byte domain names could threaten the stability of the internet, warning against moves by countries such as China to create new domain systems.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20672214%5e15318%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.mg.co.za/articledirect.aspx?articleid=288160
http://news.ert.gr/en/10/21569.asp
http://www.betanews.com/article/UN_Conference_Convenes_on_Net_Control/1162222386
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/151633.asp

Experts gather to debate control of the internet (with AFP)
Over one thousand internet experts will gather in Greece this week for the first UN-sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting, amid grumblings over the dominant position currently enjoyed by the US.
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn10406

Internet control forum opens (AFP)
A year after the United States narrowly avoided a bruising row with the rest of the world over control of the Internet, Round Two of talks on the Web's future opened in Athens on Monday in a UN-sponsored Forum on Internet Governance.
http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/344182.htm
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20670914%5e15318%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/October/theworld_October1110.xml&section=theworld&col=
http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/internet-future-disucssed-in-athens.asp/3291/

Internet control up for debate at Athens forum (Agence France-Presse)
Over a thousand Internet experts will gather in Athens next week for a UN-sponsored IGF, the first of its kind, amid grumbling over the dominant position enjoyed by the United States.
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=29385

Greek and Egyptian Governments Applaud ICANN's Move Toward Autonomy (news release)
Speaking at the opening of the inaugural Internet Governance Forum held in Athens today, the Greek Minister of Transport and Communications, His Excellency Mr Michael Liapis, and the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, His Excellency Dr Tarek Kamel, made separate statements indicating their support for ICANN's move toward autonomy under the recently signed Joint Partnership Agreement with the United States Government.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-30oct06.htm

Die Netzregierung der Zukunft tagt
Eines Tages soll es die von den USA dominierte Organisation Icann ablösen: Das Internet Governance Forum der Vereinten Nationen. Derzeit tagt die Netzregierung in spe in Griechenland - in der Hoffnung, eines Tages mehr zu sagen zu haben.
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,445597,00.html

UNO: Verwaltung des Internets
Im griechischen Badeort Vouliagmenti findet seit Montag das erste internationalen Forum zur Verwaltung des Internets statt. Die IGF-Treffen sollen künftig jedes Jahr stattfinden.
http://www.vienna.at/engine.aspx/page/vienna-article-detail-page/cn/news-20061031-07553113/dc/tp:vol:news-welt
http://www.kleine.co.at/nachrichten/politik/252247/index.do
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/147234/

Peinliche Fragen an Google und Cisco
Auf dem IGF in Athen mussten sich die Vertreter von Google, Microsoft und Cisco kritische Fragen zu ihren Geschäftspraktiken in China anhören.
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/147406/

Das World Wide Web trifft sich
Beim ersten UN Internet Governance Forum sollen die Probleme diskutiert werden, die alle Internetnutzer betreffen. Eine neue Welt-Internet-Ordnung soll entstehen.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2216993,00.html

Fórum debate em Atenas governança da internet
Representantes do mundo inteiro debatem em encontro promovido pela ONU questões relacionadas à internet e buscam reduzir o domínio norte-americano na web.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2220628,00.html

IGF: StopSpamAlliance soll Anti-Spam-Netze unter ein Dach bringen
Sechs internationale Anti-Spam-Netzwerke starten am heutigen Mittwoch im Rahmen des Internet Governance Forum in Athen ihre Anti-Spam-Allianz unter www.StopSpamAlliance.org.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80327

IGF: Mehr freie Inhalte für das Internet
Ein völkerrechtlicher Vertrag über den Zugang zum Wissen (Access to Knowledge, A2K) soll ein Gegengewicht zum zunehmend schärferen Urheberrecht bieten. Das forderte in der Diskussion über die Offenheit der Netze beim Internet Governance Forum ein südafrikanischer Vertreter.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80323

IGF: Die Internet-Verwaltung und der freie, allgemeine Netzzugang
Debatten über Cybercrime, Spam oder die Kompetenzverteilung im Geflecht von Internetorganisationen und Internetwächtern nutzen denen, die noch keinen Zugang haben, herzlich wenig: Bei der ersten so genannten "Multistakeholder"-Diskussion beim Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athen kommentierte die Präsidentin der Internet Society, Lynn St. Amour, trocken: "Ich würde sagen, die fünf Milliarden Menschen, die keinen Zugang haben, kümmert Spam oder Sicherheit verdammt wenig."
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80265

"Grober Konsens" als Aufgabe für das Internet Governance Forum
Morgen beginnt das erste UN IGF in Athen, das künftig jährlich über alle Arten von Regeln und Konventionen im Netz diskutieren soll. Das IGF ist Ergebnis des ersten UN-Weltgipfels der Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS) und soll sich um offen gebliebene oder neue Fragen rund ums Internet kümmern.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80192

Die Zukunft der Internet-Verwaltung: Internet Governance Forum eröffnet
Die Debatte um die künftige Verwaltung des Internet sowie um inhaltliche wie politische Fragen des weltweiten Netzes kann zumindest im Rahmen des Internet Governance Forum der UN erneut losgehen: Athen als "Geburtsort der Demokratie" sei ein durchaus passender Ort für den Start einer neuen Diskussion über das "demokratischste Medium in der Welt überhaupt", sagte der griechische Minister für Transport und Kommunikation Michalis Liapis bei der Eröffnung des ersten Internet Governance Forum (IGF) am heutigen Montag.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80236

IGF: Druck auf Firmen wegen Zusammenarbeit mit autoritären Staaten
Cisco, Microsoft, Yahoo und Google hatten sich am heutigen Dienstag in einer lebhaften Debatte beim Internet Governance Forum in Athen erneut gegen den Vorwurf zu wehren, sie würden mit den Machthabern autoritärer Staaten gemeinsame Sache machen – auf Kosten der Internetnutzer in Ländern wie China oder dem Iran.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80300

Séance inaugurale du Forum mondial sur le gouvernance de l'Internet
Cette nouvelle structure, émanation de l'ONU, va servir de centre de réflexion sur des grands thèmes liés au Net. Les débats risquent d'être chauds.
http://www.vnunet.fr/fr/vnunet/news/2006/10/30/s-ance-inaugurale-forum-mondial

La question du contrôle américain sur la Toile toujours aussi brûlante (AFP)
L'épineuse question du contrôle des Etats-Unis sur l'internet devrait revenir de manière lancinante pendant le Forum mondial sur le gouvernance de l'internet (FGI), qui s'ouvre lundi à  Athènes, après avoir été il y a un an au centre du Sommet sur l'information de Tunis.
http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-info/depeches/detail.php?depeche_id=061030074348.95j0gpvv

L'ICANN sur toutes les lèvres
Notre envoyé spécial au Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet, le président de l'ISOC France Sébastien Bachollet, nous fait pénétrer au cœur de cet évènement très centré sur les problématiques de gouvernance sur Internet.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1040/l-icann-sur-toutes-les-levres.php

Forum sur la gouvernance du Net: l'Icann hors des débats
Ce forum qui a ouvert ses portes à Athènes suite à une initiative de l'ONU, n'abordera pas le sujet qui fâche
http://silicon.fr/fr/silicon/news/2006/10/31/forum-gouvernance-net-l-icann-d

Le premier Forum mondial sur la gouvernance de l'internet s'ouvre lundi à Athènes
Les principaux acteurs de l'internet et des représentants d'au moins 90 Etats se réunissent à partir de lundi à Athènes sous l'égide de l'ONU pour le premier Forum sur la gouvernance de l'internet (FGI), vaste et inédite plateforme d'échanges sur l'avenir de la toile.
http://www.journaldunet.com/actualite/depeche/28/228081/

Le premier Forum mondial sur la gouvernance de l'internet s'ouvre à Athènes (AFP)
Le premier Forum mondial sur la gouvernance de l'internet (FGI) a débuté lundi à Vouliagmeni, dans la banlieue d'Athènes, pour quatre jours de discussions d'une ampleur inédite entre les représentants de plus de 90 Etats et les principaux acteurs de la Toile.
http://www.la-croix.com/afp.static/pages/061030101627.s1t1v2cn.htm
http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-info/depeches/detail.php?depeche_id=061030073150.1h8apmap
http://www.journaldunet.com/actualite/depeche/28/228130/le_premier_forum_mondial_sur_la_gouvernance_de_l_internet_s_ouvre_a_athenes.shtml

Le rôle des Etats-Unis au coeur des débats du Forum mondial sur la gouvernance de l'internet (ZDnet)
La première édition du Forum mondial sur la gouvernance de l'internet (FGI) a ouvert ses portes ce lundi à Athènes sous l'égide de l'Organisation des nations unies (ONU).  Durant quatre jours, des responsables d'entreprises du web tels que Yahoo ou Google, des représentants d'administrations de plus de 90 États, ainsi que des ONG telles qu'Amnesty International vont débattre du développement d'internet, sur le plan technique mais aussi politique. 
http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/multimedia/20061030.ZDN9364391.html

La question du contrôle américain sur la Toile toujours aussi brûlante
L'épineuse question du contrôle des Etats-Unis sur l'internet devrait revenir de manière lancinante pendant le Forum mondial sur le gouvernance de l'internet (FGI), qui s'ouvre lundi à Athènes, après avoir été il y a un an au centre du Sommet sur l'information de Tunis.
http://www.menara.ma/Infos/includes/detail.asp?article_id=11953&lmodule=Technologie

Cerf: ok ai domini orientali, ma senza fretta
Vinton Cerf conferma la disponibilità dell'ICANN al multilinguismo nella registrazione dei domini, ma nel contempo chiede pazienza: il processo di traslazione non ammette errori ed assimilare nuovi caratteri al range attuale impone valutazioni preventive
http://webnews.html.it/news/leggi/4943/cerf-ok-ai-domini-orientali-ma-senza-fretta/

Amnesty chiama a raccolta i blogger
All'Internet Governance Forum in Grecia, l'organizzazione umanitaria chiede ai Blog di mostrare solidarietà contro l'oppressione degli utenti online
http://www.vnunet.it/it/vnunet/news/2006/10/30/igf-amnesty-chiama-raccolta

Futuro di Internet, si apre il forum di Atene
Oggi il discorso inaugurale di un evento mondiale che molti sperano possa portare ad una maggiore comprensione della rete e delle opportunità che offre. Al centro il dibattito su chi debba disporre delle.. chiavi di internet
http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?id=1727105

L'Unione Europea contro la cyber-repressione
"Internet potrà continuare a svolgere un ruolo di democratizzazione e di propulsore dello sviluppo economico solo se sono garantite la libertà di espressione e di accesso all'informazione. Per questo la Commissione europea invita i governi e l'industria del mondo intero a non tollerare restrizioni pubbliche all'accesso a internet, né qualsiasi forma di cyber-repressione".
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/Notizia.asp?NewsID=65013

Il futuro della governance di Internet
E’ stata già definita la risposta internazionale alla leadership americana su Internet e al celebre WSIS di Tunisi e nasce proprio dallo sforzo diplomatico dello scorso anno: l’Internet Governance Forum di Atene (anzi di Vouliagmeni, a 30 chilometri da Atene) porterà con sé tutte, ma proprio tutte, le grandi questioni della Rete.
http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Scienze_e_Tecnologie/2006/10_Ottobre/30/forum.shtml

La política de control de EEUU marca el foro mundial de internet
La espinosa cuestión del control de Estados Unidos saldrá de nuevo a relucir durante el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet (FGI) que se inaugura este lunes en Atenas, tras haber sido la estrella hace un año en la Cumbre sobre la Información de Túnez.
http://actualidad.tiscali.es/articulo.jsp?pos=3⊂=1&content=520778
http://laflecha.net/canales/blackhats/noticias/la-politica-de-control-de-eeuu-marca-el-foro-mundial-de-internet
http://www.lavozdelinterior.net/06/10/30/secciones/sociedad/nota.asp?nota_id=13754

El mundo debate el futuro de internet
El futuro de la red es el ambicioso tema de discusión del primer Foro Internacional sobre la Regulación de Internet (IGF por sus siglas en inglés), que tiene lugar en Atenas, durante los próximos cinco días.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/science/newsid_6098000/6098646.stm

La seguridad y la accesibilidad de la Red, a debate
* Hoy ha dado comienzo la primera reunión del Foro para el Gobierno de Internet (FGI) de la ONU.
* El objetivo es definir el esquema de cómo debe ser Internet en el futuro.
* No se tratará el tema del control de Internet.
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/167447/0/foro/internet/gobernabilidad/

Dominios de internet, "un riesgo"
La capacidad de operación global de internet necesita ser preservada, dijo Vint Cerf, uno de los fundadores de la red, en un encuentro mundial en Atenas.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1396

Para Cerf, é preciso reformular endereços de sites
Vint Cerf, um dos criadores do protocolo de internet, mais conhecido por IP, afirma, na abertura do IGF, que é necessário fazer mudanças para que mais pessoas sejam incluídas na rede. Segundo ele, isso demanda muito estudo, mas o trabalho está sendo feito.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1395

ICANN en el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet...
Informacion remitida por Pablo Hinojosa, Liason de ICANN para America Latina
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1394

IGF: Anistia pede liberdade de expressão
Na abertura do primeiro Fórum de Governança da Internet, que acontece em Atenas até 2 de novembro, a ONG Anistia Internacional divulgou manifesto em que condena a censura e o controle da rede por governos. O texto é assinado por 43 mil pessoas e pede a libertação de ativistas e jornalistas presos por desobedecerem as leis que cerceiam a liberdade de informação em seus países.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1393

El mundo debate el futuro de internet
El futuro de la red es el ambicioso tema de discusión del primer Foro Internacional sobre la Regulación de Internet (IGF por sus siglas en inglés), que tiene lugar en Atenas, durante los próximos cinco días.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1392

Comienza Foro para la Gobernanza de Internet en Atenas
Atenas se ha convertido en el punto de encuentro de cientos de representantes gubernamentales, ejecutivos, académicos y expertos en tecnología de la información que este lunes empezaron a discutir sobre el acceso a Internet en el mundo, en el marco del Foro para la Gobernanza de Internet.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1391

Utsumi ... "el Heretico" y Kamel "el aristotelico"
Reporte de la primera sesión del Internet Governance Forum en Atenas.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1390

Debaten futuro de la Red
Unos mil expertos y altos funcionarios de 90 países se dan cita desde ayer en Vuliagmeni, cerca de Atenas, para celebrar, bajo el auspicio de la ONU, el primer Foro de la Gobernabilidad de Internet y debatir sobre las futuras reglas de esta red informática.
http://estrellaarica.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20061030/pags/20061030205622.html
http://www.elmostrador.cl/modulos/noticias/constructor/noticia_new.asp?id_noticia=201486
http://www.endi.com/XStatic/endi/template/nota.aspx?n=100420
http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20061031/pags/20061031184432.html

El mundo debate el futuro de Internet
El futuro de la red es el ambicioso tema de discusión del primer Foro Internacional sobre la Regulación de Internet (IGF por sus siglas en inglés), que tiene lugar en Atenas, durante los próximos cinco días.
http://www3.terra.com.ar/canales/tecnologia/148/148808.html
http://ar.news.yahoo.com/061031/14/vuxc.html

Inauguran Foro Mundial de Gobernabilidad de Internet
Unos mil expertos y altos funcionarios de 90 países se dan desde este lunes la cita en Vuliagmeni, cerca de Atenas, para celebrar, bajo el auspicio de la ONU, el primer Foro de la Gobernabilidad de Internet y debatir sobre las futuras reglas de esta red informática
http://www.observa.com.uy/Osecciones/ciencia/nota.aspx?id=63666

Il governo di Internet riunito ad Atene
Dal 30 ottobre Vouliagmeni, cittadini a 30 Km da Atene, sarà il centro di discussione del futuro prossimo di Internet. La città ellenica ospita infatti il primo Forum mondiale sul governo di Internet. L'evento avviene sotto l'egida delle Nazioni Unite e vi partecipano oltre 90 paesi assieme ad una nutrita squadra di aziende, organizzazioni ed enti legati alla rete. Tra i big del settore è da segnalare la presenza di delegazioni di Yahoo!, Google e ovviamente Microsoft. In totale sono attesi oltre 1500 delegati.
http://azpoint.net/internet/eventi/13757/Il-governo-di-Internet-riunito-ad-Atene.asp

Idioma de endereços na internet gera conflito na web
O uso de caracteres não-ocidentais e o idioma dos endereços da internet têm sido fontes de conflito no primeiro fórum sobre a governança da internet (Internet Governance Forum), em Atenas, segundo uma reportagem publicada hoje pelo jornal "The New York Times".
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/informatica/ult124u20876.shtml
http://www2.opopular.com.br/ultimas/noticia.php?cod=278672

Comienza en Atenas Foro para la Administración de Internet
Representantes gubernamentales, ejecutivos de empresas, académicos y expertos en tecnología de la información se dieron cita hoy en Atenas para discutir el acceso a la red y su seguridad durante el Foro para la Administración de Internet.
http://www.diariolacapital.com/2006/10/30/mundodigital/noticia_338886.shtml

FN: Hur ska nätet styras?
Vem styr nätet och vem ska styra? Frågan dök upp direkt när FN-konferensen Internet Governance Forum inleddes i Aten. Frågorna om nätets framtid är många och stora, men mötet saknar verklig makt.
http://www1.idg.se/2.1085/1.80505

Story in Greek on the IGF
http://news.ert.gr/10/265993.asp

Story on the IGF in Russian
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/sci/tech/newsid_6102000/6102372.stm

Stories in Russian on the IGF in Athens
http://www.izvestia.ru/news/news118429/
http://www.utro.ru/news/2006/10/30/596769.shtml

Story in Hungarian on IGF
http://www.magyarhirlap.hu/cikk.php?cikk=110515&hir=1

Story in Croatian on IGF
http://www.nacional.hr/articles/view/28784/

Story in Turkish on IGF
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/teknonet/5343325.asp?m=1&gid=112&srid=3439&oid=1

Story on IGF in Vietnamese
http://www.nhandan.com.vn/tinbai/?top=41⊂=76&article=77968

Story on IGF in Latvian
http://www.bb.lv/index.php?p=1&i=3564&s=106&a=129959
 
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