[governance] US House Bill to Affirm the Policy of the United States Regarding Internet Governance

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

"Compromise" with countries like those below isn't in the interests of anyone except the leaders of those countries.

On 15 Apr 2013, at 02:37, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

>> Of course, you can argue for more beneficial interpretations by defining "control" and "multistakeholder model" expansively, but even so this bill is just going to entrench the standoff between the US and other countries, which is not going to be helpful in reaching compromise on the evolution of Internet governance arrangements this year...
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>> [Milton L Mueller] What other countries are you talking about? China? Russia? Saudi Arabia? U.A.E.? Iran? What kind of compromise are you talking about? Concessions to “government control?” Perhaps a bit more government control than we have now in order to keep the Saudis happy?
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> No, resuming the unfinished work of the WGIG and WSIS towards a model of enhanced cooperation in Internet governance policy making, as now before the new CSTD working group.

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