Here’s why 2023 wasn’t a Happy New Year
The year 2023 was a notable one in digital governance. A retrograde tendency by nation-states to pursue “digital sovereignty” peaked in Europe, China and the Read More
Author: Milton Mueller
Withdrawal from Christchurch Call Advisory Network (CCAN)
With this statement, Georgia Tech’s Internet Governance Project is announcing its withdrawal from the Christchurch Call Advisory Network. The Christchurch Call was launched by New Read More
The Narrative: November 1, 2023
Dispatches from the evolving digital political economy AI Governance: Empty Gestures? The US government released an AI Executive Order October 31. The Halloween release comes Read More
The Narrative: September 15, 2023
Reports on the evolving digital political economy A Victory for Free Speech on Social Media A federal appeals court has upheld a finding that U.S. Read More
The Narrative: September 1, 2023
Reports on the evolving digital political economy Human Authorship and AI Images A lot of bad policy about AI is being made because people are Read More
The Technical Community and Internet Governance: A Response to the Costerton-Curran-Wilson letter
As participants in – and long-time supporters of – the governance model of ICANN and the regional Internet registries, we were puzzled by a recent Read More
The Narrative: August 15, 2023
Reports on the evolving digital political economy Oral arguments in Missouri v Biden appeal On August 10 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Read More
US Restricts Capital Flows to China…Sort of
A new Presidential Executive Order authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate U.S. investments in “countries of concern” (a nice euphemism that avoids calling Read More
The Narrative: July 15, 2023
“Censorship” and Social Media A U.S. District Court has issued a landmark ruling that would block the federal government from encouraging or influencing the suppression Read More
The Big Question Facing ICANN’s Contractual Governance Regime
ICANN never ceases to pose fascinating issues in global governance. At ICANN 77, held in Washington DC June 12 – 16, a dramatic debate took Read More