The Basic Fallacy Underlying the AI Panic
For the past two months, we’ve seen a sudden burst of panic about the social implications of Artificial Intelligence. One cannot help but note, with Read More
Author: Milton Mueller
The Narrative: VLOPs and VLOSErs; .NET Renewal; Stablecoins
1 May, 2023 Who’s a VLOP and who’s a VLOSER? Alibaba, Amazon, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Wikipedia are among the entities that have been Read More
The Narrative: AI regulation frenzy; An assault on proof of work; & IMF puff piece
15 April, 2023 The AI Regulation Frenzy Technology panics now seem to go through fashion cycles. Last month it was Tiktok. The new trend in Read More
Is a “Privacy Law” The Answer?
There’s an assumption making the rounds that a privacy law is the real answer to the data governance problems posed by Tiktok and other social Read More
The Narrative: TikTok hearing; Chinese Drones; Stablecoins
March 31, 2023 The Tiktok hearing backfires As expected, Congress tried to turn its cross-examination of Tiktok CEO Shou Chew into a public stoning. Committee Read More
The RESTRICT Act: Reversing Globalization in ICT
The latest legislative atrocity to emerge from Washington comes from Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD), who have rounded up 10 other senators Read More
The Great Reframing: IG2DPE
So, is it still “Internet governance” that we do, or is it going to be re-framed as “digital political economy”? IG or DPE? Our conference Read More
The Narrative: Lots of stuff happening!
September 30, 2022 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is having its Plenipotentiary meeting in Bucharest. These four-year events are always redolent with Read More
New Research: Non-governmental Governance of Trust on the Internet
IGP is pleased to report that we have received a $150,000 grant from the Internet Society Foundation to study the CA/Browser Forum and its governance Read More
ICANN’s Accountability and Transparency: A Retrospective on the IANA Transition
Editors note: On the 5 year anniversary of the IANA transition, a group of people began collaborating on this report. It is being released in Read More