Doha Declaration

Education for Justice

What is Internet Governance?

Full title in original language:

What is Internet Governance?

Education level:

University

University (18+ years)

Topic / subtopic:

Cybercrime

Cybercrime prevention

Target audience:

Students, Teachers / Lecturers

Type of resource:

Publication / Article

Languages:

English

Region of relevance:

Global

Access:

open access

Individual authors:

Jonathan Masters

Publication year:

2014

Published by:

Council on Foreign Relations

Copyright holder:

Contact name and address:

Council on Foreign Relations

Contact website:

https://www.cfr.org/contact-us

Key themes:

Links:

Publication

Short description:

Disclosures of controversial U.S. surveillance practices, including the monitoring of some foreign leaders, have reignited an international debate over internet governance. Some countries hope to leverage the scandal to diminish the influence Washington has over some internet infrastructure—principally processes managed by the U.S.-based nonprofit, ICANN, that coordinates the unique identifiers (Internet Protocol addresses and domain names) that people and devices use to connect on the internet. (ICANN is an acronym for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.) But a broader discussion of internet governance touches on a range of public policy issues, including freedom of expression, trade, privacy, cybersecurity, and sovereignty.

Short description:

Disclosures of controversial U.S. surveillance practices, including the monitoring of some foreign leaders, have reignited an international debate over internet governance. Some countries hope to leverage the scandal to diminish the influence Washington has over some internet infrastructure—principally processes managed by the U.S.-based nonprofit, ICANN, that coordinates the unique identifiers (Internet Protocol addresses and domain names) that people and devices use to connect on the internet. (ICANN is an acronym for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.) But a broader discussion of internet governance touches on a range of public policy issues, including freedom of expression, trade, privacy, cybersecurity, and sovereignty.

Doha Declaration

Education for Justice

Supported by the State of Qatar

60 years Crime Congress