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

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 17/04/13 20:49, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> By now you should be aware that the bill was amended to remove the
> clause about opposing “government control of the Internet.” This
> suggests to me that you are wrong about it being bogus.
>
>  
>
> Faced with a choice between articulating a global public policy
> principle that could be used to challenge some of the US government’s
> own special powers and gutting the bill so that it only contains an
> anodyne expression of support for “the multistakeholder model,” the
> U.S. congress chose the latter.
>

Actually I would really welcome the articulation of a global public
policy principle that could be used to challenge some of the US
government's own special powers (as well as attempts at control of the
global Internet by other governments).  But no legislation of the United
States government is capable of legitimately articulating global public
policy principles.  For that, we will need to work through (I hope) the IGF.

As it stands I am pleased enough that we now have a tacit admission that
government control over the Internet is presently exercised by the
United States, and with that admission on the table we can move
forward.  I am however worried by the language "preserve" with reference
to the multistakeholder model, since that implies that the present
arrangements are adequate, when they are not.

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