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29.11.2005

Mocking the Knowledge Society The second WSIS concluded in Tunis last week. Thousands of participants descended on Tunis from around the world - to the confusion of airline and baggage handling companies and the delight of local hotels and restaurants.
Social Movements Gained Much At WSIS The WSIS was important for social movements to help them develop a better understanding of communication issues and it allowed different groups and different struggles to network. Terra Viva asked Sally Burch from the Communication Rights in the Information Society campaign to comment on how the summit helped social movements to mobilise around communications.
Tejari CEO outlines Middle East's e-commerce potential for members of global information society As part of the company's ongoing relationship with WSIS, executives from Tejari, the Middle East's premier business-to-business electronic marketplace, recently led discussions on the opportunities and challenges facing e-business adoption in the region at the WSIS gathering in Tunis.
AZERBAIJAN'S ROLE IN WSIS HIGHLY APPRECIATED Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union Yoshio Utsumi emphasized the role of Azerbaijan in holding of the Summit and expressed his gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev, for his personal assistance in organization of the Summit, Tair Mirkishvili, Director General of ULRTA Company - representative office of Intel Corporation in Azerbaijan, said.
Democracia en el control de Internet Ignacio Ramonet compara el control de Internet con el de las vias de navegacion planetarias en el siglo XIX que consolido a Inglaterra como la primera potencia. No es para menos si se tienen en cuenta la cantidad de informacion y los millonarios flujos de dinero que viajan gracias a la Red.(Spanish)
BolPress.com(Spanish)
Civil Society Statement on WSIS The WSIS Civil Society Plenary on 15th November decided to draft a statement which would assess the summit outcomes, based on the alternative declaration civil society had produced during the first summit in Geneva in 2003. During the three days of WSIS an open-ended drafting group met in the NGO space at the summit. The first draft of the statement was presented to the last Civil Society Plenary on 18 November, which decided that the work should continue online for w few weeks. If you wish to make contributions, send your "tracked changes" on the document to cs-dec@wsis-cs.org by 27 November. We are also looking for voluntary translators to produce French and other versions soon.
Internet governance: A tale of community structure and individual initiative by David Allen. On one side, the Internet community argues for the informality and flexibility necessary for innovation; that is, for individual initiative; to flourish. On the other side, some governments call for more formality and the stable base; that is, for community structure; upon which ongoing operations and change can both occur.
Splet ostaja pod nadzorom Americanov Svetovni vrh o informacijski druzbi, ki se je v petek koncal v Tunisu, je pripeljal do kompromisnega dogovora glede upravljanja interneta. "Upravljanje interneta se v tehnicnem smislu nadaljuje, kot je, ker odlicno deluje. Prizadevali pabomo, da se v upravljalskem smislu zacne proces postopnega vecjega vpliva vseh drzav in drugih deleznikov v tem procesu," je danes povedal drzavni sekretar z ministrstva za visoko solstvo Janez Mozina.(Slovenian)
Control de Internet El ciudadano de a pie pensaria que el “www” es un ciberespacio indefinido e irreal, una malla intangible de neuronas virtuales que no estan en ninguna parte pero envuelven el planeta con una tela de arana tan sutil como las fuerzas centrales del universo. Pero si uno lo piensa bien, Internet es real: tecleamos en un aparato electrico que esta conectado a la linea telefonica y esta lleva el envio a cualquier sitio del mundo donde haya linea telefonica, incluso se puede transmitir sin hilos via satelite.(Spanish)
Nachspiel fur tunesische Zensur beim WSIS Der Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft in Tunis war von der Zensur des Gastegeberlandes uberschattet, die Schweiz protestiert nun.(German)
Summit in Tunis rejects blockade and radio/TV aggression against Cuba WSIS rejected unilateral measures that violate international law by impeding the development of countries and damaging the well-being of their citizens, reported PL.
WSIS: Die Vereinten Nationen sollen Ubergriffe und Zensur untersuchen Die beim UN-Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS) vertretenen Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs) wollen Polizeiubergriffe wahrend des Gipfels nicht auf sich beruhen lassen. In einem Brief an UN-Generalsekretar Kofi Annan dringen die NGOs noch einmal nachdrucklich auf eine luckenlose Aufklarung der Angriffe beziehungsweise verbalen Attacken auf Journalisten, Burgerrechtsaktivisten und Delegierte beim Gipfel. Betroffen waren unter anderem auch der deutsche UN-Botschafter in Genf und die Schweizer Delegation. Sowohl von Seiten der EU wie auch von Schweizer Seite wurde Protest gegen die Behinderung der eigenen Delegierten eingelegt.(German)
Schweiz protestiert gegen Zensur beim Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft Das Schweizer Au?enministerium, das Eidgenossischen Departement fur auswartige Angelegenheiten (EDA), bestellte am gestrigen Mittwoch den tunesischen Botschafter ein: Das Au?enministerium protestierte formell bei der tunesischen Regierung gegen die Zensur der Rede des Schweizer Bundesprasidenten Samuel Schmid bei der Eroffnung des Weltgipfels der Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS). Wie EDA-Sprecher Jean-Philippe Jeannerat au?erdem mitteilte, bat die Schweizer Regierung den Leiter der Schweizer WSIS-Delegation, an die Internationale Fernmeldeunion (ITU) zu schreiben, um gegen die verschiedenen Behinderungen der journalistischen Arbeit auf dem Gipfel in Tunis zu protestieren.(German)
Microsoft, die "Vienna Conclusions" und der UN-Weltgipfel Die in Wien fur den UN-Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS) erarbeiteten Vienna Conclusions wurden in Tunis in einer inhaltlich veranderten Form prasentiert: Freie Software wurde gestrichen, dafur Digital Rights Management eingefugt. Wie sich jetzt herausstellt, wurden die Anderungen auf Wunsch von Thomas Lutz, Mitglied der Geschaftsfuhrung von Microsoft isterreich, und der iVP-Abgeordneten, Carina Felzmann, Leiterin einer PR- und Lobbying-Firma, vorgenommen. Der in Tunis prasentierte Text wurde vom osterreichischen Bundeskanzleramt herausgegeben. Das Amt hat auf eine bereits am Sonntag von heise online gestellte Anfrage zur Sache bislang nicht reagiert.(German)
The Winners and Losers of the Internet Break-Up | By Naseem Javed Why should Internet break and how ridiculous is this issue? Imagine if a few printers around the globe got together and jointly decided to replace all our current currencies and their value and choose brand new colors, designs and new values all own their own.
WSIS - Net governance: Will anything change? Let's call it a clash of cultures: engineers who know the Internet inside out on the one side and government policy makers grappling to understand it on the other.
ICANN unverandert und dennoch in neuer Gestalt Hans Klein, Rechtsprofessor am Georgia Institute of Technology, kommt nach dem Abschluss des WSIS-Weltgipfels und einer Analyse der dort zustande gekommenen Beschlusse zu einem interessanten Ergebnis : Die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN ist aus dem Treffen in Tunis einerseits nahezu unverandert hervorgegangen.(German)
An Assessment of the WSIS-2/Tunis ‘05 Outcomes" The outcomes of WSIS are significant - and rather surprising. ICANN emerges from the summit both unchanged and significantly different. After WSIS it has a stronger claim to legitimacy.
Internet Society welcomes WSIS proposal to build on existing Internet governance mechanisms (news release) Delegates meeting at WSIS in Tunis have affirmed their commitment to build on the governance mechanisms that have enabled the Internet's incredibly successful growth.
Mexico, en favor de que Internet sea patrimonio de la humanidad El gobierno de Mexico rechazo las intenciones de Estados Unidos para mantener el control de la administracion de direcciones de la red mundial Internet y considero que deben ser los organismos internacionales, como Naciones Unidas o la Union Internacional de Telecomunicaciones, las que se encarguen de esa tarea para asegurar el acceso a todos los paises.(Spanish)
Gouvernance du Net et souverainete, par Stephane Foucart Qui doit controler l'Internet ? Comment ? Les gouvernements ont-ils, au niveau mondial, toute legitimite a superviser les aspects techniques du fonctionnement du Reseau ?(French)
Eleventh hour Internet deal paves way for summit focus on digital divide A potentially damaging rift over US control of the Internet has been averted hours before a key summit beginning on Wednesday in Tunis tries to spread the IT revolution to poor countries.
Internet anytime, anywhere, by anyone - except Tunisia Something quite quaint happened in Tunis last week. It was triggered by an alliance of freedom of expression groups withdrawing from WSIS.
Voice of innovation at net summit At WSIS, international diplomats turned their attention to the most important question yet to face the net: who should control it?
Einstieg in den Ausstieg Wer regiert eigentlich das Internet? Diese Frage sorgte beim zweiten Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft in Tunis fur viel Aufsehen, selbst wenn es eigentlich nur um einen Teilaspekt der Netzaufsicht ging. Die USA und (fast) der gesamte Rest der Welt standen sich bis zuletzt unversohnlich gegenuber. Und wer hat nun eigentlich gewonnen? Daruber war man sich nach der Einigung in Tunis auch gleich wieder uneinig.(German)
us: Sen. Coleman at front of WSIS fight ... I must give kudos once again to Senator Norm Coleman. He is leading the fight to limit the authority WSIS will have. ... I applaud Senator Coleman's fight to stand up to the WSIS and not allow control of the single most important invention of humankind to fall into the hands of tyrannical dictators and repressive regimes through the guise of United Nation. Allowing countries like China, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Syria to take control of the Internet would be as silly as having these same countries sit on the United Nations Coun-cil on Human Rights.
Keep U.N.'s mitts off the Internet They came, they saw, they coveted. But since delegates to last week's World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia couldn't agree on how to wrest control of the Internet from a U.S.- based private group, they put off further discussion until next year.
Story in Russian:(Russian)
La gouvernance de l'Internet laissee aux mains des Americains Quoi qu'on en pense, il y a une certaine forme de sagesse dans cette decision car les Etats-Unis sont encore a l'heure actuelle les plus capables d'assurer la securite d'un tel systeme. Quelle societe developpee pourrait se passer d'Internet aujourd'hui ? De meme, diviser le systeme pour des raisons politiques n'est pas souhaitable pour ces memes raisons de securite.(French)
Internet, un bien publico Se celebro la semana pasada en Tunez la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informacion para discutir el acceso general a Internet y a otras tecnologias informaticas y de telecomunicaciones. Desafortunadamente, el debate politico sobre la gobernanza y el control de la Red desplazo el tema de la brecha digital que existe entre los paises desarrollados y los del llamado Tercer Mundo.(Spanish)
SMSI : La participation de la Poste Tunisienne La Poste Tunisienne a contribue de facon active, au sein des evenements paralleles organises au cours du Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l’Information (SMSI), a la reussite de plusieurs symposiums, ateliers et panels internationaux visant a mieux faire connaitre, aupres des entreprises etrangeres, les solutions numeriques et les logiciels tunisiens ayant trait aux domaines du commerce electronique, des services financiers et de l’administration electronique. Il s’agit de logiciels exportables qui ont ete developpes par des societes tunisiennes privees.(French)
L'Icann, i pc a manovella e i tagliagole A prima vista, l’aspetto piu sinistramente comico di tutta la faccenda e che la riunione sul futuro della liberta di Internet si sia svolta a Tunisi, capitale di un Paese il cui governo punisce col carcere ogni forma di dissidenza, inclusa quella telematica. Ma in fondo non si poteva trovare sede migliore (be’, andavano bene pure Teheran, L’Avana o Pechino) per dar fiato agli stati che praticano sistematicamente la censura, se non peggio; stati che, in quanto membri dell’Onu, vorrebbero poter dire la loro sulla regolamentazione di base della Madre di tutte le Reti (per una volta nella vita fatelo scrivere anche a me).(Italian)
Civil Society Best Practices to bridge the digital divide Now that the World Summit on the Information Society has come to an end in Tunis, civil society organisations evaluate their involvement in the process to learn from the experiences made. Several side events of WSIS addressed examples of best practices of civil society participation. In sharing good experiences, while not neglecting challenges, civil society organisations may improve their performance in the future. WSIS is not the end, but the starting point for the implementation process in which civil society is supposed to play a crucial role as partner to governments and the private sector. Putting for once aside debates on the lack of influence and experiences of repression, some positive vibes seem to be appropriate, to shape this future process in an effective and fruitful way.

25.11.2005

GOUVERNANCE DE l'INTERNET: Les USA gardent leur prerogative pour le controle
Participation africaine au sommet sur la societe de l'information : Une representation officielle de poids
More of Mugabe's Hypocrisy At WSIS
WSIS Opens
Reporters Without Borders Attends Alternative Summit Launch, Unveils Lists of 15 Internet Enemies
The Digital Divide Continues to Hinder Development in Rural Areas
Internet Governance: U.S., Developing Countries Strike Deal
Ethiopian Gov't Delegation Attending WSIS in Tunis
Minding the Information And Communication Gap
Environmental Concerns Raised Over Us$100 Laptops
Al Sharekh receives award from WSIS
'Steal' my idea says $100 laptop inventor
UNO-Internetgipfel: Wenig erreicht
Controversy Blights UN Net Summit
WYSIWYG guide to WSIS
Der Machtkampf ums Web
Splet ostaja pod nadzorom Americanov|Dnevnik.si
Il 7 dicembre 2005 parte la registrazione dei domini internet con il nuovo suffissi ".eu"
Microsoft, die "Vienna Conclusions" und der UN-Weltgipfel
e-Gemonie
UNO-Internetgipfel endet mit Absichtserklarungen
Preserving the essence of the net
Go Digital: BBC World Radio discusses the sub-$100 PC
Root servers: The real Net power
Can the digital divide be bridged?
Turbulence in Tunisia
UN-Internetgipfel la?t Netzkontrolle bei ICANN /Paralleler Alternativgipfel in Indien beendet
Norm Coleman, Annan now tangle over Web name control
The Register saves World Summit with multi-million-pound commitment
uk: Light regulation will beat child porn, says trade minister
This is how a government-filtered internet looks
The World Summit in pictures
ICANN remains master of Internet domains-for now
Le Sommet sur l’information profite surtout aux opposants tunisiens (Taieb Moalla, Le Soleil)
Itamaraty defendeu em Tunis software livre como instrumento para inclusao digital
Wsis, l'Onu scommette su Internet
Wsis: Un bilancio a freddo da chi ha partecipato
Kommentar: Angesagte Revolution abgeblasen Die Kontrolle uber die zentrale Adressverwaltung des Internets bleibt bis auf weiteres bei den USA und damit bei der Icann
L'arnaqueur au .EU condamne a 6 ans de prison! La justice britannique vient de condamner a six ans de prison un jeune homme reconnu coupable d'arnaque agravee sur internet.
La cartographie de l’internaute Mexicain Le 12 octobre dernier s’est tenu a Mexico, la 5eme Rencontre Strategique de l’Internet. L’occasion de dresser le portrait type de ces internautes et de faire le point sur un pays qui peine a faire vivre son extension.
.MX registry updated NIC Mexico, the .MX ccTLD registry, presented a new technology development that strengthens the performance of its infrastructure.
de: Owner of Web Site to Cede Name to Merkel The election of a woman as Germany's chancellor presented government techies with an immediate challenge. With gender-based spellings in German, the chancellor's Web site could no longer be bundeskanzler.de. Angela Merkel's official title is "Bundeskanzlerin," with the feminine ending "-in" - but bundeskanzlerin.de was already taken. Now it appears the owner of the feminine version is willing to cede it.
cn: No bidders for birdflu.com on Chinese auction website An enterprising resident of China's largest city Shanghai is unlikely to profit from his 95-yuan (12-dollar) investment in the right to a domain name containing the word for bird flu, state media said.
ICANN to keep internet authority (reg req'd) The control of the international domain name system will remain in the hands of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a summit of world leaders decided last week
Managing Intellectual Property
ICANN, VeriSign make strange bedfellows This deal is actually a signal that the end of the Internet community's role in determining its own future may be imminent. This is a $1.5 billion giveaway that proposes to permanently transfer important public infrastructure to VeriSign. The deal proposes to:
Disputes arise over Web site domain names So, .com or .org? I only ask because the issue has created some controversy lately. The Hamilton County Republican Party is suing the operators of www.hamiltoncountyrepublicanparty.com. Apparently, the party thinks people might confuse it with the .org Web site of the same name.
uk: .EU domain names ­ Cabinet Office gives UK public sector guidance Cabinet Office has published a briefing paper for public sector organisations on the registration and validation of an .EU domain name that may be applied for during the .EU phased registration period (also known the Sunrise Period).
What Is Icann? ICANN is a nonprofit, public-private partnership responsible for coordinating the Internet's system of domain names.
No .eu domain for the Swiss The Swiss won't be able to register for the ".eu" web domain when the European Union (EU) begins accepting registrations for internet addresses next month, even though the country is in the heart of Europe. EU regulations prohibit non-members from registering.
SwissInfo.org|NZZ online
L'Icann, i pc a manovella e i tagliagole A prima vista, l’aspetto piu sinistramente comico di tutta la faccenda e che la riunione sul futuro della liberta di Internet si sia svolta a Tunisi, capitale di un Paese il cui governo punisce col carcere ogni forma di dissidenza, inclusa quella telematica.
GOUVERNANCE DE l'INTERNET: Les USA gardent leur prerogative pour le controle Le bras de fer entre les USA et l'ONU sur le controle de l'Internet a tourne ; l'avantage des premiers. Toutefois, la prerogative est desormais assortie d'un forum multipartite ouvert; tous les pays.
Participation africaine au sommet sur la societe de l'information : Une representation officielle de poids Avec des representations au plus haut niveau de ses dirigeants, le continent africain a sonne la mobilisation pour marquer les assises du dernier Sommet mondial sur la societe de l'information, tenu; Tunis. Et cette forte presence n'a pas laisse un gout amer aux leaders africains, qui sont revenus avec une meilleure visibilite sur la gouvernance de l'Internet. Mais ils ont surtout constate que le Fonds de solidarite numerique "n'est plus une simple realite virtuelle".
More of Mugabe's Hypocrisy At WSIS THE President of Zimbabwe attended WSIS in Tunisia, with what one might assume is a straight face. The State-controlled Herald newspaper noted on its front page on 15 November 2005, that the President has been in the forefront of ensuring that "information and communication technology reaches all corners of the country by donating computers and accessories to primary and secondary schools."
WSIS Opens Phase two of WSIS opened last week with more than 16,000 delegates from 176 countries meeting in Tunis to focus on forging strategies to improve the accessibility and affordability of information and communication technologies.
Reporters Without Borders Attends Alternative Summit Launch, Unveils Lists of 15 Internet Enemies A Reporters Without Borders team that is in Tunisia for WSIS attended the launch today of a symbolic "citizens summit" by a group of some 20 non-governmental organisations at the headquarters of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH).
The Digital Divide Continues to Hinder Development in Rural Areas The rural digital divide is isolating almost one billion of the poorest people who are unable to participate in the global information society, according to FAO, which will be highlighting its activities on enhancing knowledge exchange and access to information in combating hunger and poverty at WSIS, Phase II which opened on Wednesday, 16th November.
Internet Governance: U.S., Developing Countries Strike Deal A COMPROMISE agreement on Internet governance has been reached between the United States and developing countries.
Ethiopian Gov't Delegation Attending WSIS in Tunis The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a high level Ethiopian government delegation led by Minister of Capacity Building Tefera Waluwa is attending WSIS being held in the Tunisian capital, Tunis.
Minding the Information And Communication Gap As world leaders call for the benefits of new technologies to be shared more evenly around the globe, the reality on the ground in West Africa is a stark reminder of just how much work remains to be done.
Environmental Concerns Raised Over Us$100 Laptops NAMIBIA has warned against possible adverse environmental consequences amidst the hype following the launch of the "100$ Laptop", an ambitious project hoped to open education communication to children all over the world.
Al Sharekh receives award from WSIS Sakhr Software Co. succeeded in achieving an honorable triumph for Kuwait at the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) Award Gala as Sakhr's President received the WSIS Award.
'Steal' my idea says $100 laptop inventor Britain wins four awards at world internet summit, where developers launch low-tech computer for developing world
UNO-Internetgipfel: Wenig erreicht Der UNO-Internetgipfel in Tunis wurde mit Kontroversen uber Kontrolle und Zensur des Internets beendet. Am Ende der Konferenz standen Gesprache uber das Uberbrucken der technologischen Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich. Insgesamt waren bei dem Treffen laut Medienberichten uber 170 Staaten durch rund 17.000 Teilnehmer vertreten.
Controversy Blights UN Net Summit WSIS ended with talk about narrowing the technology gap between rich and poor nations but little in funding.
WYSIWYG guide to WSIS WGIG's proposed internet governance forum is widely supported, but the US is unlikely to give up its power
Der Machtkampf ums Web Internet. Der Streit um die "Internet Governance" bleibt ungelost.
Splet ostaja pod nadzorom Americanov Svetovni vrh o informacijski druzbi, ki se je v petek koncal v Tunisu, je pripeljal do kompromisnega dogovora glede upravljanja interneta. "Upravljanje interneta se v tehnicnem smislu nadaljuje, kot je, ker odlicno deluje. Prizadevali pabomo, da se v upravljalskem smislu zacne proces postopnega vecjega vpliva vseh drzav in drugih deleznikov v tem procesu," je danes povedal drzavni sekretar z ministrstva za visoko solstvo Janez Mozina. na.
Dnevnik.si
Il 7 dicembre 2005 parte la registrazione dei domini internet con il nuovo suffissi ".eu" E oramai solo questione di giorni e Internet avr; la targa Europea. Dal 7 dicembre 2005 infatti, i navigatori del Web appartenenti a uno dei venticinque paesi membri dell'Unione Europea potranno cominciare a registrare i propri domini internet con il nuovo suffisso ".eu", che si andr; ad aggiungere ai gi; celebri ".com", ".org", ".it", ".net" o ".info".
Microsoft, die "Vienna Conclusions" und der UN-Weltgipfel Die in Wien fur den UN-Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft (World Summit on Information Society, WSIS) erarbeiteten Vienna Conclusions wurden in Tunis in einer inhaltlich veranderten Form prasentiert: Freie Software wurde gestrichen, dafur Digital Rights Management eingefugt. Wie sich jetzt herausstellt, wurden die Anderungen auf Wunsch von Thomas Lutz, Mitglied der Geschaftsfuhrung von Microsoft Osterreich, und der OVP-Abgeordneten, Carina Felzmann, Leiterin einer PR- und Lobbying-Firma, vorgenommen. Der in Tunis prasentierte Text wurde vom osterreichischen Bundeskanzleramt herausgegeben. Das Amt hat auf eine bereits am Sonntag von heise online gestellte Anfrage zur Sache bislang nicht reagiert.
e-Gemonie La Tunisie voulait montrer sa modernite, elle n’a montre que ses chambres d’hotel. En accueillant des milliers de congressistes au Sommet mondial de la societe de l’information, le regime n’a trompe personne; au contraire, ces congressistes ont constate de pres, puis diffuse au monde, les manquements; la liberte de l’information, meilleur reflet aujourd’hui d’un systeme politique et economique.
UNO-Internetgipfel endet mit Absichtserklarungen Am Freitag endete der UNO-Internetgipfel, der als World Summit of the Information Society ausgerichtet wurde. Ein Hohepunkt der Veranstaltung war die Prasentation des $100-Laptop, ein preiswerter tragbarer Computer mit Linux-Betriebssystem, WiFi und Handkurbel zur Stromversorgung. Der 100-Dollar-PC wird allerdings nicht frei verkauft werden, sondern lediglich an Schulen in der dritten Welt verteilt. Die ersten Gerate sollen in rund einem Jahr verfugbar sein. Ein etwa doppelt so teures Modell soll allerdings auch verkauft werden mit Gewinn, der wiederum in das Projekt flie?t und damit die 100-Dollar-Laptops subventioniert.
Preserving the essence of the net Technology commentator Bill Thompson wonders whether the choice of Tunisia to host the UN net summit was designed to make a wider point.
Root servers: The real Net power Delegates from third-world nations spent much of last week at a United Nations summit here railing against the Bush administration's alleged control of the Internet.
Go Digital: BBC World Radio discusses the sub-$100 PC We speak to one of the inventors of the sub $100 PC, more from the World Summit on the Information Society, linking computers to fight malaria, plus podcasting grows up with its own expo
Can the digital divide be bridged? BBC World listeners comment on: Have computers, mobile phones and the internet changed your life? President Wade of Senegal has called on richer nations to do more to help developing countries buy technology hardware; At a summit in Tunis the president also voiced concern about internet governance, saying that the issue of who should run the internet still has to be resolved; After much debate the Tunis summit on the Information Society agreed to leave the US in charge of the internet's addressing system.
Turbulence in Tunisia Q&A: Regime restrictions may be behind the violence at the WSIS in Tunis, Tunisia: A civil liberties watchdog made headlines three years ago when it named Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali a "predator of press freedom".
UN-Internetgipfel la?t Netzkontrolle bei ICANN / Paralleler Alternativgipfel in Indien beendet Die Kontrolle uber das Internet soll multinationaler werden. Das beschlo? der zu Ende gegangene UN-Internetgipfel und es klingt von jenen, die da in Tuni zusammenkamen, immer etwas wie eine Drohung. Tatsachlichen Einflu? auf die Entwicklung des Netztes werden, betrachtet man die Ergebnisse genauer, auch weiterhin nur die Vereinigten Staaten haben. Wohl aus gutem Grund fand in Indien parallel ein Informationsgipfel verschiedener Nichtregierungsorganisationen statt.
25.Norm Coleman, Annan now tangle over Web name control The senator sees an attack on Internet openness; the U.N. chief wants to close the digital divide.
ICANN remains master of Internet domains-for now ICANN received a last-minute reprieve at the World Summit on the Information Society last week and will keep its control over Internet domains. Meanwhile, SonyBMG didn't fare as well as a recent Trojan kept its surreptitious rootkit in the spotlight. Get the details about both stories in this edition of the IT Locksmith, and get the best of the rest of recent security news.
The Register saves World Summit with multi-million-pound commitment The Register has put its money where its mouth and saved the World Summit from being branded a waste of everyone's time.
uk: Light regulation will beat child porn, says trade minister Light-touch regulation, minimal legisation and a close working relationship with business is the answer to the net's problems, not least child pornography, according to UK secretary of state for trade Alun Michael.
This is how a government-filtered internet looks There been alot of argument in Tunis during the World Summit over the fact that the government filters internet access to remove websites it doesn't like.
The World Summit in pictures WSIS Tunis Since the Internet is a multi-faceted beast, we felt it only right that we also make use of its ability to displays photos. As such here is a brief pictorial review of the World Summit in Tunis this week:
Le Sommet sur l’information profite surtout aux opposants tunisiens (Taieb Moalla, Le Soleil) Le Sommet mondial sur la societe de l’information (SMSI), dont la seconde phase s’est deroulee la semaine derniere en Tunisie, sous l’egide de l’ONU, a permis d’eviter l’implosion sur l’epineux probleme de la gouvernance d’Internet. Des pistes ont ete trouvees pour resorber la "fracture numerique" entre les pays du Nord et ceux du Sud. Ceci dit, c’est la question des libertes publiques dans le pays hote qui a retenu le plus l’attention.
Itamaraty defendeu em Tunis software livre como instrumento para inclusao digital Uma sociedade que inclua as pessoas na rede mundial de informacoes e as oriente para o desenvolvimento foi a tonica dos dois documentos divulgados ao final da Cupula Mundial da Sociedade da Informacao, realizada na Tunisia, na semana passada.
Wsis: Un bilancio a freddo da chi ha partecipato Il vertice mondiale della Societ; dell'Informazione (Wsis) si e chiuso a Tunisi senza grandi colpi di scena. In primo piano il grave stato dei diritti dell'uomo nel Paese tunisino
Wsis, l'Onu scommette su Internet Aprir; oggi a Tunisi il summit promosso dall'Onu. Si discuter; del futuro delle nuove tecnologie, chi governer; la Rete e il ruolo

23.11.2005

More of Mugabe's Hypocrisy At WSIS THE President of Zimbabwe attended WSIS in Tunisia, with what one might assume is a straight face. The State-controlled Herald newspaper noted on its front page on 15 November 2005, that the President has been in the forefront of ensuring that "information and communication technology reaches all corners of the country by donating computers and accessories to primary and secondary schools."
WSIS Opens Phase two of WSIS opened last week with more than 16,000 delegates from 176 countries meeting in Tunis to focus on forging strategies to improve the accessibility and affordability of information and communication technologies.
Reporters Without Borders Attends Alternative Summit Launch, Unveils Lists of 15 Internet Enemies A Reporters Without Borders team that is in Tunisia for WSIS attended the launch today of a symbolic "citizens summit" by a group of some 20 non-governmental organisations at the headquarters of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH).
The Digital Divide Continues to Hinder Development in Rural Areas The rural digital divide is isolating almost one billion of the poorest people who are unable to participate in the global information society, according to FAO, which will be highlighting its activities on enhancing knowledge exchange and access to information in combating hunger and poverty at WSIS, Phase II which opened on Wednesday, 16th November.
Internet Governance: U.S., Developing Countries Strike Deal A COMPROMISE agreement on Internet governance has been reached between the United States and developing countries.
Ethiopian Gov't Delegation Attending WSIS in Tunis The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a high level Ethiopian government delegation led by Minister of Capacity Building Tefera Waluwa is attending WSIS being held in the Tunisian capital, Tunis.
Minding the Information And Communication Gap As world leaders call for the benefits of new technologies to be shared more evenly around the globe, the reality on the ground in West Africa is a stark reminder of just how much work remains to be done.
Environmental Concerns Raised Over Us$100 Laptops NAMIBIA has warned against possible adverse environmental consequences amidst the hype following the launch of the "100$ Laptop", an ambitious project hoped to open education communication to children all over the world.
Al Sharekh receives award from WSIS Sakhr Software Co. succeeded in achieving an honorable triumph for Kuwait at the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) Award Gala as Sakhr's President received the WSIS Award.
'Steal' my idea says $100 laptop inventor Britain wins four awards at world internet summit, where developers launch low-tech computer for developing world
UNO-Internetgipfel: Wenig erreicht Der UNO-Internetgipfel in Tunis wurde mit Kontroversen über Kontrolle und Zensur des Internets beendet. Am Ende der Konferenz standen Gespräche über das Überbrücken der technologischen Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich. Insgesamt waren bei dem Treffen laut Medienberichten über 170 Staaten durch rund 17.000 Teilnehmer vertreten.
Controversy Blights UN Net Summit WSIS ended with talk about narrowing the technology gap between rich and poor nations but little in funding.
WYSIWYG guide to WSIS WGIG's proposed internet governance forum is widely supported, but the US is unlikely to give up its power
Der Machtkampf ums Web Internet. Der Streit um die "Internet Governance" bleibt ungelöst.
Splet ostaja pod nadzorom Americanov Svetovni vrh o informacijski druЕѕbi, ki se je v petek koncal v Tunisu, je pripeljal do kompromisnega dogovora glede upravljanja interneta. "Upravljanje interneta se v tehnicnem smislu nadaljuje, kot je, ker odlicno deluje. Prizadevali pabomo, da se v upravljalskem smislu zacne proces postopnega vecjega vpliva vseh drЕѕav in drugih deleЕѕnikov v tem procesu," je danes povedal drЕѕavni sekretar z ministrstva za visoko ЕЎolstvo Janez MoЕѕina. na.
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Il 7 dicembre 2005 parte la registrazione dei domini internet con il nuovo suffissi ".eu" E oramai solo questione di giorni e Internet avr; la targa Europea. Dal 7 dicembre 2005 infatti, i navigatori del Web appartenenti a uno dei venticinque paesi membri dell'Unione Europea potranno cominciare a registrare i propri domini internet con il nuovo suffisso ".eu", che si andr; ad aggiungere ai gi; celebri ".com", ".org", ".it", ".net" o ".info".
Microsoft, die "Vienna Conclusions" und der UN-Weltgipfel Die in Wien für den UN-Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft (World Summit on Information Society, WSIS) erarbeiteten Vienna Conclusions wurden in Tunis in einer inhaltlich veränderten Form präsentiert: Freie Software wurde gestrichen, dafür Digital Rights Management eingefügt. Wie sich jetzt herausstellt, wurden die Änderungen auf Wunsch von Thomas Lutz, Mitglied der Geschäftsführung von Microsoft ísterreich, und der íVP-Abgeordneten, Carina Felzmann, Leiterin einer PR- und Lobbying-Firma, vorgenommen. Der in Tunis präsentierte Text wurde vom österreichischen Bundeskanzleramt herausgegeben. Das Amt hat auf eine bereits am Sonntag von heise online gestellte Anfrage zur Sache bislang nicht reagiert.
e-Gémonie La Tunisie voulait montrer sa modernité, elle n’a montré que ses chambres d’hôtel. En accueillant des milliers de congressistes au Sommet mondial de la société de l’information, le régime n’a trompé personne; au contraire, ces congressistes ont constaté de près, puis diffusé au monde, les manquements; la liberté de l’information, meilleur reflet aujourd’hui d’un système politique et économique.
UNO-Internetgipfel endet mit Absichtserklärungen Am Freitag endete der UNO-Internetgipfel, der als World Summit of the Information Society ausgerichtet wurde. Ein Höhepunkt der Veranstaltung war die Präsentation des $100-Laptop, ein preiswerter tragbarer Computer mit Linux-Betriebssystem, WiFi und Handkurbel zur Stromversorgung. Der 100-Dollar-PC wird allerdings nicht frei verkauft werden, sondern lediglich an Schulen in der dritten Welt verteilt. Die ersten Geräte sollen in rund einem Jahr verfügbar sein. Ein etwa doppelt so teures Modell soll allerdings auch verkauft werden mit Gewinn, der wiederum in das Projekt fließt und damit die 100-Dollar-Laptops subventioniert.
Preserving the essence of the net Technology commentator Bill Thompson wonders whether the choice of Tunisia to host the UN net summit was designed to make a wider point.
Root servers: The real Net power Delegates from third-world nations spent much of last week at a United Nations summit here railing against the Bush administration's alleged control of the Internet.
Go Digital: BBC World Radio discusses the sub-$100 PC We speak to one of the inventors of the sub $100 PC, more from the World Summit on the Information Society, linking computers to fight malaria, plus podcasting grows up with its own expo
Can the digital divide be bridged? BBC World listeners comment on: Have computers, mobile phones and the internet changed your life? President Wade of Senegal has called on richer nations to do more to help developing countries buy technology hardware; At a summit in Tunis the president also voiced concern about internet governance, saying that the issue of who should run the internet still has to be resolved; After much debate the Tunis summit on the Information Society agreed to leave the US in charge of the internet's addressing system.
Turbulence in Tunisia Q&A: Regime restrictions may be behind the violence at the WSIS in Tunis, Tunisia: A civil liberties watchdog made headlines three years ago when it named Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali a "predator of press freedom".
UN-Internetgipfel läßt Netzkontrolle bei ICANN / Paralleler Alternativgipfel in Indien beendet Die Kontrolle über das Internet soll multinationaler werden. Das beschloß der zu Ende gegangene UN-Internetgipfel und es klingt von jenen, die da in Tuni zusammenkamen, immer etwas wie eine Drohung. Tatsächlichen Einfluß auf die Entwicklung des Netztes werden, betrachtet man die Ergebnisse genauer, auch weiterhin nur die Vereinigten Staaten haben. Wohl aus gutem Grund fand in Indien parallel ein Informationsgipfel verschiedener Nichtregierungsorganisationen statt.
Norm Coleman, Annan now tangle over Web name control The senator sees an attack on Internet openness; the U.N. chief wants to close the digital divide.
ICANN remains master of Internet domains-for now ICANN received a last-minute reprieve at the World Summit on the Information Society last week and will keep its control over Internet domains. Meanwhile, SonyBMG didn't fare as well as a recent Trojan kept its surreptitious rootkit in the spotlight. Get the details about both stories in this edition of the IT Locksmith, and get the best of the rest of recent security news.
The Register saves World Summit with multi-million-pound commitment The Register has put its money where its mouth and saved the World Summit from being branded a waste of everyone's time.
uk: Light regulation will beat child porn, says trade minister Light-touch regulation, minimal legisation and a close working relationship with business is the answer to the net's problems, not least child pornography, according to UK secretary of state for trade Alun Michael.
This is how a government-filtered internet looks There been alot of argument in Tunis during the World Summit over the fact that the government filters internet access to remove websites it doesn't like.
The World Summit in pictures WSIS Tunis Since the Internet is a multi-faceted beast, we felt it only right that we also make use of its ability to displays photos. As such here is a brief pictorial review of the World Summit in Tunis this week:

20.11.2005

US retains control of domain name system The United States will maintain control of the domain name system that guides traffic around the Internet under an agreement adopted at a United Nations technology summit.
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WSIS Ends On Mixed Note WSIS concluded Friday night with claims of success by the United Nations, governments and the private sector, but civil society refused to wholeheartedly embrace its outcome.
Negotiations At Summit Eases Internet Tension Negotiators at the just-concluded second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia defused a confrontation between the United States and countries, which accuse the super power of controlling the Internet.
PanAfrica: Activists Give a Crash Course in Overcoming Electronic Hurdles Domestic concerns of political stability, societal values and national security provided the core debate at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) that concluded in Tunis Friday. The debate over who would govern the Internet pitted countries fighting for preserving "communal morals" against those attempting to protect "freedom of expression". That debate goes on, but it has become ...
Civil Society Joins in Celebrations, After All Though failing to get its alternative Citizen's Summit off the ground, and being disappointed by certain decisions at the World Summit on the Information Society and at repression by the Tunisian government, civil society groups joined officials and businessmen Friday in celebrating the outcome of the meeting, perhaps the last United Nations Summit for years to come.
WSIS 'Missing Gender' The gender caucus has observed with disappointment that WSIS documents do not pay enough attention to gender issues.
WSIS Delegates Recount ICT Success Stories Several African delegations at WSIS in Tunis, have been outlining steps taken toward using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for development in their respective countries.
WSIS Should Bring Hope to Rural Areas, Says Obasanjo President Olusegun Obasanjo says the WSIS should usher in hope to rural communities.
30 Ugandans to Attend Wsis Summit In Kampala, 30 Ugandans among them government officials, business people from the private sector, civil society organisations and the academia will be going to the Tunisian capital for the summit.
Big Business Shine At Information Society Summit Heads of state issue eloquent policy statements at the gold-domed compound of the 176-nation summit. Vocal civil society groups and the best of academia are engaged in debates. They have the words, but the real action lies at a glittering pavilion, where the latest goods, gadget and systems are exhibited by the likes of Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Nokia and many others.
'Internet Must Be a Public Facility' Civil society will now have a formal role to play in Internet governance through the newly set up Internet Governance Forum, even if the views of the forum will not be binding.
More Internet, Less Poverty? Building a bridge across the digital divide might not be the smooth path to poverty reduction that many people believe. As many as 17,000 people from around the world are attending this United Nations conference targeted at closing the now famous divide, the gap in access to the Internet and other information age tools (and skills) between rich and poor countries, and even within nations.
'Western States Abuse Internet' ZIMBABWE is concerned that information communication technology (ICT) continues to be used negatively - mainly by developed countries - to undermine national sovereignty, social and cultural values, President Mugabe said here yesterday.
Governments Sidelined By Civil Society At WSIS? World leaders and high-level government representatives are taking a backseat to business leaders and civil society representatives at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which will wrap up here Friday.
tn: Country's Human Rights Record On the Spotlight Again With a solidarity visit to a group of Tunisian hunger strikers, non governmental organisations Thursday continued their efforts to highlight Tunisia's human rights record.
No New Oversight for Internet Management, Summit Agrees The United States and 170 other countries reached agreement on future management of the Internet on the eve of the United Nations-sponsored WSIS in Tunis, Tunisia, November 16-18.
US Maintains Role in Internet Governance Following a summit agreement inviting the United Nations Secretary General to convene a new forum to foster multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on internet governance, the United States government yesterday insisted it had not given up its role in the governance of the internet.
No Winners, No Losers - ICANN Boss If anyone thought they had come out victorious in a debate on internet governance, it was not the President and Chief Executive Officer for the ICANN, Paul Twomey.
South Africa: Decisions Should Be Inclusive, Says Mbeki President Thabo Mbeki says decisions to be taken at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) must be inclusive and reflect earlier resolutions to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society.
Diogo Wants Concrete Results On Information Technologies Mozambican Prime Minister Luisa Diogo said in Tunis on Wednesday, at the opening of the World Summit on the Information Society, that the meeting and its participants should commit themselves seriously to helping developing countries, such as Mozambique, to have more access to the information necessary for their development.
NGOs Disappointed With Declaration on Internet Governance Civil society groups have reacted with disappointment at the decision to leave control of the Internet in the hands of the United States.
A Little Could Go a Long Way for Technological Education Two African leaders launched a public appeal Wednesday for support to a global fund for community-based communication projects.
Kagame Back From Tunis President Paul Kagame has returned from the Second WSIS in the Tunisian Capital, Tunis.On his return Kagame said that government had distributed computers to most schools in the country and extended fibre optic connections to all provinces. He also disclosed that Rwanda was focusing
Internet Organisations Welcome Internet Governance Forum Seven global internet organizations exhibiting their work at the Kram Palexpo Tunis, as part of WSIS have welcomed the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) proposed at the Summit.
WSIS By Numbers The figure includes delegations attending plenary and parallel events as well as various exhibitors at the ICT 4 all Exhibition.
Tunisia: Free Expression Protest Tunisia, which is currently hosting the WSIS, is one of the most advanced African countries in provision of information infrastructure. But it also systematically represses internal dissent and blocks access to websites critical of the government. As the summit opened this week, Tunisian human rights activists were on hunger strike and international activists were protesting the government's refusal to allow freedom of expression.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Development Gateway Launch Arabic Language Portal on Development (news release) Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) and the Development Gateway Foundation today unveiled plans for a new Arabic language web portal on development. The portal, a preview of which was presented at the World Summit on the Information Society, aims to address the existing shortage of development information for the Arab World.
Media Enemies to Share UN Spotlight At least two enemies of media freedom will share the spotlight at this week's United Nations meeting dedicated to making the information age accessible to all the world's people.
UN Summit to Serve the People? Now that the world's powers have agreed to stop squabbling over control of the Internet (for now), will the more than 10,000 people here for this week's United Nations forum focus on creating an information society for all people?
Divisions Open Up Ahead of WSIS Summit Last-minute negotiations are seeking to narrow the wide divisions that have emerged on governance of the Internet and the 'digital divide' between nations.
Civil Society Finds Poor Welcome at WSIS Summit in Tunis A day ahead of the official opening of WSIS here, civil society representatives are said to be "stressed and frightened" by an escalation of intimidation by the Tunisian authorities.
Summit Starts in Tunisia, Controversial Consensus Maintains Internet Status Quo WSIS kicked off Wednesday with a compromise document approved unanimously after several months of fruitless negotiations.
Civil Society Vows to Make Best of Consolation Prize It was not what they had set out to accomplish, but civil society groups gathered here to discuss Internet governance and development, are vowing to make the best of the deal that was struck.
U.S. Fights to Remain the Ultimate Webmaster International efforts to break down the digital barriers facing the world's poor will backfire if governments fail to work out their differences on the issue of internet governance, diplomatic observers here say.
The NCA & National Development The frequency spectrum is a "natural resource" like gold ore, crude oil, uranium ore and other unrefined resources found in the wild - including wild animals. The frequency spectrum ranges from the infra red frequencies through radio frequencies to high energy ones like x-rays or gamma rays.
Head of State Calls for Rise, Consolidation of New Knowledge Society Angolan head of State JosГ© Eduardo dos Santos on Wednesday in Tunis appealed to his fellow countrymen to "dare and be determined" to create in the country the conditions leading to the emergence and consolidation of a new era of the Society of Knowledge.
Last Chance at WSIS to Bridge Digital Divide Opportunity now beckons on Nigeria and Africa, a continent leaving at the outskirt of digital revolution to change it fortunes.
World Summit Agrees On Status Quo for Internet Governance WSIS has reached an agreement on future governance of the Internet, turning back proposals to establish some form of international body to oversee and regulate the Internet.
Tunisia Urged to End to Human Rights Violations - WSIS Women's organisations, individuals and networks gathered in Tunis for Phase II of WSIS denounce blatant violations of human rights, freedom of expression, access to information and freedom of assembly by the Tunisian government.
Three Issues Hotly Debated To Bridge Digital Divide The just-concluded second phase of WSIS that brought together political, business and NGOs, saw three main issues hotly debated to bridge the digital divide between the rich and poor countries. "Una Internet democrГЎtica es una ilusiГіn" En la reciente Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la InformaciГіn, que se llevГі a cabo entre el 16 y el 18 de noviembre en TГєnez, se dispuso que el gobierno de la red siga estando en manos de la organizaciГіn no gubernamental ICANN, que estГЎ ligada por un contrato con el Departamento de Comercio de Estados Unidos.
abc.es Internet: ВїquiГ©n gobierna las redes de informaciГіn? La "brecha digital", que separa a quienes se benefician del flujo informativo de aquellos que quedan al margen, estГЎ en el centro del debate.
CENTR on WSIS (news release) CENTR fully shares the view expressed by UN Secteray General Kofi Annan that "Day to day management of the Internet must be left to technical institutions" which should be "shielded from the heat of politics".
Five More Years! There Was No "Deal" and WSIS Resolved Nothing by Milton Mueller The basic problem posed by WSIS was the role of national governments and national sovereignty in global Internet governance. That conflict remains completely unresolved by the WSIS document.
Expression Under Repression at WSIS Rebecca MacKinnon and Ethan Zuckerman hosted "Expression Under Repression," a workshop at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis (for more on that, please check out these blog posts). Rebecca and Ethan are co-founders of Global Voices, a blog that features citizen journalists from around the world. They also maintain a wiki-based index of bridge-bloggers, people who speak and write from one culture for another, and they develop tools, techniques, and teaching materials to help journalists and activists around the world to express themselves through the medium of blogs.
Open Net Initiative reports on filtering in Tunisia The Open Net Initiative (ONI) has released its report on filtering by the Tunisian government. The report finds that the Tunisian government uses American software to filter political speech it disagrees with, and to limit access to proxies and anonymizers which might allow Tunisian citizens to access political speech or other blocked information. This approach directly conflicts with the supposed goals of the Tunisian government, and with the supposed goals of WSIS.
LA CHRONIQUE DU SMSI - EPILOGUE Membre de la "dГ©lГ©gation France" participant au SMSI qui s'est tenu Г Tunis la semaine derniГЁre, Chantal Lebrument nous a montrГ© l'envers du dГ©cor. GrГўce Г sa chronique, nous avons pu Г©couter aux portes des rГ©unions privГ©es au sein desquelles se prennent les vraies dГ©cisions. Le sommet de Tunis Г©tant maintenant terminГ©, Chantal Lebrument nous en dГ©crypte les rГ©sultats.
EU Pleased With Internet Agreement A world information society summit ended largely the way it began -- with the EU unable to loosen America's grip on the domain-name system that guides internet traffic.
Internet terГЎ fГіrum internacional, mas ICANN mantГ©m controle NГЈo existe hoje um fГіrum Гєnico para discutir os complexos temas surgidos com o crescimento da internet e das novas tecnologias digitais
EU brokers deal on progressive internationalisation of Internet governance at Tunis World Summit
ICANN Controversy Is Just the Beginning Opinion: There is a tug of war being waged for control of the Internet, and this week's international skirmish over domain naming is just a sign of the times.
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Frage des Tages: Welchen Einfluss hat Icann? Wer sich fГјr das Thema Macht im Internet und den Uno-Informationsgipfel interessiert, wird automatisch auf das Wort Icann stoГџen. Was macht das als Regierung des Internets bezeichnete Gremium genau? Wer steckt dahinter?
USA behalten Kontrolle Гјber ICANN Auf dem Weltgipfel zur Informationsgesellschaft "WSIS" in Tunis wurde bereits Гјber die zukГјnftige Rolle der Netzverwaltung ICANN entschieden. Die Kontrolle bleibt weiterhin bei den USA, allerdings wird der ICANN ein internationales Forum mit Beratungsfunktion zur Seite gestellt.
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Digital divide a focus at close of Net summit A U.N. summit this week made progress in narrowing the technology gap between rich and poor countries, participants said, despite rich nations' reluctance to contribute to a development fund pushed by African states.
Los intereses de Europa y de EE. UU. Dos noticias han evidenciado de nuevo la contraposiciГіn entre los intereses de Estados Unidos y los de Europa.
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WSIS: Das Recht zu kommunizieren statt des Rechts zu regieren
Internet Repression Casts Pall on Web Summit (news release) As WSIS opens today in Tunis, Tunisia continues to jail individuals for expressing their opinions on the Internet and suppress Web sites critical of the government. The government has detained critical online writers and has blocked Web sites that publish reports of human rights abuses in the country.
L'Internet Governance Forum La sua creazione ГЁ il risultato concreto del Summit. Non si capisce ancora molto cosa si celi dietro a questa sigla.
InternetNZ cautiously welcomes WSIS outcome (news release) “In the end, this is an outcome which New Zealand Internet users should be comfortable with - but the devil is in the detail,” said InternetNZ president Colin Jackson today, responding to news of a deal agreed by governments at the World Summit on the Information Society, currently being held in Tunisia.
The WSIS Stocktaking Report Launched The WSIS Stocktaking Report has been officially launched during WSIS. The report has been prepared on the basis of activities entered to the WSIS Stocktaking Database that by November 2005 contained more then 2500 entries.
World Summit on the Information Society Hailed as Resounding Success (news release)
World Summit on the Information Society Opens in Tunis (news release)
Agreement brokered at the World Summit on the Information Society (news release)
Negotiations finished - Summit opened The governmental negotiations have - to the surprise of many observers - now already been finished last night, twelve hours before the summit was opened. Civil society groups have started preparing their own summit statement, which will be presented on Friday.
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El mediador.... sobre Internet Governance en la WSIS En TГєnez, la pulseada entre los EE.UU. y el resto del mundo por el control de la red se zanjГі con una propuesta argentina. CГіmo se evitГі la crisis que amenazaba con derrumbar las bases de Internet.
Quem ganhou? De certo modo, o mundo ganhou Para Carlos Afonso, diretor da Rits e membro do Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil, há uma conquista significativa na CMSI no que diz respeito à gestão da grande rede. Não representa ainda um mecanismo de governança global efetiva, mas aponta para o início de um caminho possivelmente promissor.
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La Cumbre de la Sociedad de la Informacion consolida a los RIR En conferencia de Prensa hoy, en el marco de la WSIS en Tunez, el NRO publicГі una declaraciГіn en relacion al documento Compromiso de Tunez.
Les Etats-Unis maintiennent leur hГ©gГ©monie sur Internet La dГ©claration que devaient adopter, vendredi 18 novembre, les 170 pays participant Г Tunis au Sommet mondial sur la sociГ©tГ© de l'information (SMSI) fonde une nouvelle institution de rГ©gulation de la Toile, le Forum pour la gouvernance de l'Internet (Internet Governance Forum, IGF). Y siГ©geront les gouvernements, mais aussi des reprГ©sentants du secteur privГ© et de la sociГ©tГ© civile.
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The WSIS Deal by Michael Geist There is considerable coverage last week on the last minute WSIS deal struck. The gist of the coverage rightly reports that the U.S. emerged with the compromise they were looking for as the delegates agreed to retain ICANN and the ultimate U.S. control that comes with it (note that there is a lot in the WSIS statement that may ultimately prove important but that is outside the Internet governance issue including the attention paid to cybercrime, spam, data protection, and e-commerce). This outcome begs the questions В­ what happened? And, given the obvious global split leading up to Tunis, what changed to facilitate this deal?
Icann e Usa, sempre le stesse mani su Internet Un accordo dell'ultima ora alla vigilia del Wsis a Tunisi ha dunque per ora congelato il conflitto tra il governo degli Stati Uniti e alcuni paesi come l'Iran, il Sud Africa o la Cina, a proposito della gestione del sistema dei nomi di dominio di primo livello (.com .it. .de e gli altri): insomma una buona fetta dell'amministrazione della grande rete.
Essential test for UN net summit Building a global information society that is fair, equitable, and accessible to everyone is a daunting challenge that is going to take years to achieve.
Controversy blights UN net summit A crucial UN summit on expanding net access around the world has ended in Tunis marred by controversy over censorship and who runs the internet.
GlobalTecnology.com UN debut for $100 laptop for poor A $100 laptop for children across the world makes its debut at the UN internet summit in Tunis.
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122.L'Internet Governance Forum La sua creazione ГЁ il risultato concreto del Summit. Non si capisce ancora molto cosa si celi dietro a questa sigla.
Cuba, Iran lash out at Internet freedomCuba, Iran and African governments lashed out at the U.S. government this week, charging that the Internet permits too much free speech and that the way it is managed must be reformed immediately.
UN net summit diary: Day three Indian journalist Amit Jain is in Tunis for the World Summit on the Information Society and is writing about his experiences for the BBC News website. Based in Singapore, he is a correspondent for The Straits Times. Preserving the essence of the net Technology commentator Bill Thompson wonders whether the choice of Tunisia to host the UN net summit was designed to make a wider point.
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The bust-up in Tunisia A civil liberties watchdog made headlines three years ago when it named Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali a "predator of press freedom."
Another U.N. Internet rift develops A brief cessation of hostilities between the United States and its critics on Internet management is raising a new question: Who's in charge next?
FAQ: Tunisia summit and Internet governance Thousands of representatives of national governments, corporations and nonprofit organizations began meeting here Wednesday for a summit that was expected to decide the future of Internet management.
WSIS Reinforces the Regional Internet Registries The Number Resource Organization (NRO) is satisfied with the result of the WSIS. It is a positive result that the role of governments inside the area of Internet governance has been clearly defined,and that there is a clear decision for governments not to become involved in the daily operational and technical matters of the Internet.This result,while recognising the importance of full involvement of all stakeholders, allows for the continued successful operation of the Internet and is a successful outcome for the Internet community as a whole.
Global Cooperation is Key to the Stability of the Internet, Say Internet Community Organisations at WSIS Many of the Internet community organisations that enable the processes for the development and administration of the Internet will host the �Internet Pavilion’ (stand 1323) at the �ICT 4 all’ exhibition at WSIS.
The internet and political will by Bill Thompson I’ve been at WSIS for the past four days, but with no time to write anything much, though I did do eight separate interviews for bits of the BBC and made two programmes with the Go Digital team, so I wasn’t just sitting around. Others - like Kieren and Alastair helped make it all bearable, and Jo was a complete star, filing vast amounts of copy under deadline.
USA ja Euroopa vaidlevad küberruumi valve pärast Tuneesias homseni kestval maailma infotehnoloogia teisel tippkohtumisel põrkuvad ameeriklaste ja eurooplaste arusaamad interneti kontrollimisest: Vana Maailm ei jaga USA seisukohta, et võrgukontroll jääb Ameerikasse.
Who Should Control the Internet? Just You and I: Matthew Lynn Last week, government delegates at a summit in Tunisia gathered to ponder Internet regulation. Right now, a lot of people think the Web is controlled by the U.S. The European Union would like a slice of that action. So, too, would the United Nations.
The 15 enemies of the Internet and other countries to watch Reporters Without Borders marks the WSIS by presenting 15 countries that are “enemies of the Internet” and pointing to a dozen others whose attitude to it is worrying.
Russian sltrib.com/ci_3234739 target=_blank>Internet still all about U.S. and English. But for how long? Delegates to a summit take steps toward letting an international body have more of a say
VS blijven baas over internet De Verenigde Staten blijven de computers beheren die functioneren als de master-directories van het internet. Dat is vrijdag aan het eind van de drie dagen durende informatietop van de Verenigde Naties in TunesiГ« besloten. De Europese Unie en andere landen hebben aangegeven dat het conflict over het beheer van het internet echter nog lang niet is opgelost.
UN summit examines Internet governance, Global reach WSIS sponsored by the United Nations for expanding Internet access around the world held in Tunisia between 16 to 18 November 2005 ended Friday with resolutions to narrow the digital divide and to increase access to children in the third world. Few committed funding for this ambitious vision. Questions related to continued control of the Internet by US-based private sector non-profit entity ICANN dominated the pre-conference discussions.
Our man at ICANN keeps internet civil war at bay What if the internet broke down? Imagine if one morning you turned on your computer and the whole thing just didn't work any more - what would happen to companies, stocks, indeed entire industries that have been created in the pastdecade (including my world of online journalism)?
US fighting to remain master of its domains WASHINGTON has emerged as the winner in a bitter international struggle for control of the global internet, at least for now. The tense final scenes in the latest round of the two-year web war were played out this week at the World Summit on the Information Society in the Tunisian capital Tunis, a UN talkfest attended by more than 50 heads of government and as many as 15,000 officials.
World Summit blog: Buses, toilets and fear WSIS Tunis Was there ever a more evil form of transport than a bus? They are so convincing. You can carry a lot of people and they can go wherever you want. Trains and trams are on tracks, cars are too small and cramped.
WSIS: Secret police, hunger and booze Secret policemen: you miss 'em when they're gone. It seems most people shipped out of Tunis soon after the closing ceremony ended around 7pm. When I got back to my hotel around 10pm, there was only one secret policeman standing guard and he didn't even bother to inspect my badge.
The spoilers and the web "The situation can certainly be criticised but the proposed remedies seem much worse," said the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres, not exactly the first organisation that you would expect to rally to the US government's position. "If there was ever a time to invoke the maxim If it ain't broke, don't fix it, this is it," said Joseph A Morris, a Chicago-based lawyer who watched Internet law evolve from a ringside seat as a senior official at the US Justice Department. Both were alarmed by the changes that are being considered in Tunis.
Agreement on web crime-fighting forum Negotiators have agreed to set up a global forum to discuss online crime, but appeared unlikely to resolve a dispute about control of the Internet ahead of a UN technology summit.
WSIS: dissidenza tunisina al Summit, niente impegni dai ricchi L'eco delle iniziative della dissidenza tunisina sono entrate finalmente anche al Vertice mondiale sulla societГ dell'informazione (WSIS).
Wsis, l'Onu scommette su Internet AprirГ oggi a Tunisi il summit promosso dall'Onu. Si discuterГ del futuro delle nuove tecnologie, chi governerГ la Rete e il ruolo dell'Icann Vnunet.it
Technology Summit Wraps Up in Tunisia A crucial summit on expanding Internet access around the world ended Friday with a firm promise to narrow the digital divide _ but little in government funding to make it happen.
Keep the Internet Free Delegates from around the world will gather next week in Tunisia for what is known as WSIS. Few people are aware of WSIS's existence, its mission or the purpose of this conference. That is unfortunate, since the principal agenda item calls for a wholesale change in governance of the Internet that could lead to a significant setback for global freedom of information.
Tunisia: Government repression “making a mockery” of WSIS (news release) The Tunisian government’s continuing clampdown on human rights defenders and its intolerance of domestic critics threatens to make a mockery of a major UN-sponsored international summit being held in Tunis this week, according to Amnesty International. Hollow words on human rights at UN Information Society Summit The information revolution, spurred by unprecedented new advances in information and communication technologies, has transformed the way we think, work, socialize and communicate.
Annan: Internet-Verwaltung durch US-Stiftung Icann sinnvoll Der UN-Generalsekretär fordert auf dem IT-Weltgipfel in Tunis aber Verhandlungen über ein neues Internet-Regime. Der Gipfel will ein internationales Gremium einsetzen
Civil Society groups reflect on WSIS process As the WSIS summit draws to a close, civil society groups are reflecting on the past but also look126.Internet terГЎ fГіrum internacional, mas ICANN mantГ©m controle NГЈo existe hoje um fГіrum Гєnico para discutir os complexos temas surgidos com o crescimento da internet e das novas tecnologias digitais
ing at the road ahead. In a gathering organised by the CRIS Campaign on Friday afternoon, key participants of the civil society processes of the past 4 years proposed ways of keeping up the pressure and making sure that the visions that were developed around the WSIS process will be implemented. The event highlighted a wide variety of projects that will keep civil society actors busy during the upcoming months and years.
The panel I never attended As the summit had reached its final hours, I intended to select carefully which event I should attend at this afternoon’s last time slot for parallel events. My choice was the panel "IS & sustainable development" which was announced to take place in the room "Sidi Bou Said" at 15:00.
The WSIS "High Level Panel" The High Level Panel on ICT for Development turned out to be not so "high level"after all. A closer look on the less pretentious parallel events sometimes can be much more worthwhile than just striving for the big titles. An event by the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) focused on the same issues and certainly gave more answers.
"Art and Free Knowledge" event in Tunis When Richard Stallman and Gilberto Gil sing a duet...then we are probably not at the WSIS government plenary but at a summit side-event. "The Third Paradise" is a series of events on art and free knowledge, taking place at an impressive traditional building in the old town of Tunis. On Thursday evening, free software hero Richard Stallman and the Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil met each other for a memorable encounter.
One long month of hunger strike for three basic democratic objectives Freedom of speech and press, Freedom of Association, Freeing political prisoners. This is not asked for much, it is a minimum standard for a working democracy. Is it? Apparently it is too much to ask for in a regime such as Tunisia. What we experience these days is just the tip of the ice berg: Eight opposition leaders were so desperate in their situation to start a hunger strike on 18 October - that’s about 30 days ago - to call for help and international support and attention. The situation is serious. One of the strikers fainted and was brought to hospital last Monday at the very hour, when some German civil society representatives had a chance to visit the scene and speak to the people.
The citizens summit is dead В­ long live the citizens summit! The Tunisian authorities have done all they can to prevent civil society events outside the Kram exhibition centre. But on Wednesday and Thursday, civil society activists finally succeeded in getting the upper hand against state repression. A press conference to announce the cancellation of the Citizens Summit (CSIS) transformed into a major human rights event and was followed on the next day by a rally by oppositional groups.
Summit Agenda switching to “ICT and development” With the final Tunis documents surprisingly being adopted in Tuesday night’s session, the so far dominant summit agenda of Internet Governance now suddenly seems to switch again to the development aspects of ICT. As countries make their final statements to the 2-year process, the development agenda regains its urgency.
"Visions in Process II" released at World Summit A new book brings together assessments by women from around the world who have been involved in various civil society constituencies created during the WSIS process. Their contributions reflect on controversies within the discourses of governments and civil society on issues that lie at the core of the summit’s declared vision of a people-centred, development-oriented, and inclusive Information Society: human rights, development and participation. The publication was released today at the parallel event "Towards a sustainable and inclusive Knowledge Society. How to get there from WSIS?", organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Second WSIS summit officially opened The second WSIS has started. On Wednesday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Tunisian President Ben Ali opened what has been named the "summit of solutions". Swiss President Samuel Schmid and civil society representative Shirin Ebadi openly criticized the Tunsian authorities for their repressive acts against local and international civil society.
Negotiations closer to agreement Consensus on Internet Governance Forum and - almost - ICANN oversight 15 November 2005. The PrepCom negotiations today have led to important steps forward an agreement. While governments are still struggling about the question of who gets political oversight over the technical core of the Internet, there is consensus now on the establishment of an “Internet Governance Forum”.
“Abnormal Circumstances”" Civil Society Organisations cancel events, protesting human rights violations in Tunisia In reaction to the human rights violations yesterday in Tunis, many civil society organisations decided to cancel their long-prepared panels at WSIS today in solidarity with the Tunisian civil society. Yesterday, two private civil society meetings in Tunis have been prevented or hindered by the police. Human rights activists and journalists have been harassed, and websites, including the one of the Citizens Summit on the Information Society (CSIS), have been blocked inside of Tunisia. Statement by the CSIS organizing group:
Broadcast Media in the Information Society? One day before the start of the WSIS summit, the World Electronic Media Forum has opened it127.USA ja Euroopa vaidlevad küberruumi valve pärast Tuneesias homseni kestval maailma infotehnoloogia teisel tippkohtumisel põrkuvad ameeriklaste ja eurooplaste arusaamad interneti kontrollimisest: Vana Maailm ei jaga USA seisukohta, et võrgukontroll jääb Ameerikasse.
s doors. The Forum, which takes place within the summit compound and as an official parallel event, is a two-day conference to highlight the important role of traditional media in the information society. Critical voices, however, will be rare at this mainstream media event.
Meeting Tunisian civil society В­ and Tunisian secret police Participants of a workshop organized by the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women have experienced the everyday reality of social-political activism under an authoritarian repressive regime. At least 40-50 plain-clothes police and security agents blocked the entrance of the building where the meeting was to take place, pushed away by-standers, and generated an atmosphere of intimidation. Meanwhile, seven human rights activists are still on hunger strike.
Tunisian authorities escalate conflict with civil society As the WSIS summit draws closer, the Tunisian authorities are continuing to prevent any civil society events taking place outside the summit compound. This morning, Tunisian police blocked the Goethe Institut where a preparation meeting for the Citizens Summit was to take place. Even the head of the German government delegation was not allowed to access the building. The delegations of the European Union are showing active support to the Citizens Summit.
US reaches Net detente with UN The Bush administration and its critics at a United Nations summit in Tunisia have inked a broad agreement on global Internet management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week.
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19.11.2005
From Business Standard "Internet Control"
From InternetNews.com "House Votes for U.S. -Governed Internet"
From DNAindia.com "www.keeptheinternetfree.com"
From p2pnet.net "Carriers vs the Net"
From Arizona Daily Sun "U.S. claims victory in Internet fight, but others not so sure"
From Arabic News "World summit agrees on status quo for internet governance"
From AllAfrica.com "Internet Governance: NGOs Disappointed With Declaration"
From ARNnet Australia "US Prevails In Internet Governance Struggle"
From Asia Media News Daily "TUNISIA: US claims victory in Internet fight but others not so sure"
From Asia Media News Daily "WORLD: Deal reached over Internet control"
From AllAfrica.com "Western States Abuse Internet"
From Associated Press "Deal reached on who will govern the Internet"
From Voice of America "Questions Remain Over US Internet Dominance at Tunis Summit"
From Agencia Brasil " Outcome of Information Summit is ''acceptable to all'', says government envoy"
From Business Standard India "US retains control of the Net"
From The Heritage Foundation "Protect the 'Net"

17.11.2005
Journalists, Others At World Summit On the Information Society Attacked By Authorities The following press release has been distributed by ARTICLE 19 on behalf of the WSIS Civil Society's Media Caucus:
RSF Secretary-General Barred From WSIS In a 10 November 2005 letter from the executive secretariat of the WSIS, RSF Secretary General Robert MГ©nard was informed that Tunisian authorities would not allow him in the country to attend the summit.
FAO At the Second World Summit On the Information Society -- the Digital Divide Continues to Hinder Development in Rural Areas The rural digital divide is isolating almost one billion of the poorest people who are unable to participate in the global information society, according to FAO, which will be highlighting its activities on enhancing knowledge exchange and access to information in combating hunger and poverty at WSIS, Phase II opening tomorrow.
ao: Prime Minister Attends World Information Summit Angolan Prime Minister, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos "NandГі", left today for Tunisia, where he will, in representation of the President of the Republic, JosГ© Eduardo dos Santos, attend the WSIS.
RSF Outlines Position On WSIS Internet Governance Issue The second stage of WSIS will be a showy United Nations event where countries will try to agree on the legal and technical future of the Internet. How the Web is administered and regulated worldwide will be the hottest topic on the agenda.
Information Technology On World Agenda This Week A World Summit on Information Society, the second of its kind. The summit will bring together about 12,000 political, business and civil society leaders as well as leading media organisations to bridge the digital divide and spread the benefits of the information society.
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Battle for control of internet heats up Hundreds of international officials have descended on Tunis to determine who controls the internet
Notes from Tunis: The New Internet Governance Forum By James Love I’m in Tunis at WSIS, where the biggest debate is over the future of “Internet Governance.” The final text for this was agreed upon about 30 minutes ago.
WSIS and the Splitting of the Root There's talk that in the battle between the USA and Europe over control of ICANN, which may come to a head at the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, people will seriously consider "splitting the root" of DNS. I've written a fair bit about how DNS works and how the true power over how names get looked up actually resides with hundreds of thousands of individual site administrators. However, there is a natural monopoly in the root. All those site admins really have to all do the same thing, or you get a lot of problems, which takes away most of that power. Still, this is an interesting power struggle.
Facing the Facts on Internet Governance by Michael Geist This week the regulation of the Internet takes centre stage at WSIS. Initially intended to address the growing digital divide, the WSIS has instead been dominated by politicking over Internet governance concerns. A deep split has emerged, pitting the United States (which favours the current system) on one side and the European Union (which prefers a multilateral approach) on the other.
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News from WSIS: Web Censorship in Tunisia Berkman Center representatives at WSIS are seeing a common thread- censorship by a government that claims to protect freedom of thought and expression. In response to this censorship, many NGOs have canceled their events at WSIS. At 3pm Tunis time there will be a short press conference discussing the NGO boycott. More details can be found at the the WSIS group blog. The issue is being picked up by the Associated Press and Reporters Without Borders, as well as many Berkman bloggers.
A low-cost laptop for every child In Cambridge, Mass., Nicholas Negroponte and his team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been chipping away at a long-held dream: producing a laptop so cheap that governments could afford to link every child in the world to the Internet.
Internet-Gipfel in Tunis löst Streit um Netz-Aufsicht Kurz vor Auftakt des Weltgipfels zur Informationsgesellschaft in Tunis haben die Vertreter der 170 Teilnehmerländer einen Kompromiss im langjährigen Streit um die Verwaltung und Steuerung des Internet gefunden. Wie Diplomaten in der Nacht zu Mittwoch mitteilten, einigten sich die Unterhändler auf ein Papier, das die drohende Spaltung des Internet abwenden soll.
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A tussle over America's internet hegemony At the World Summit on the Information Society, talks on bridging the "digital divide" are likely to be overshadowed by a squabble over who controls the internet
Net wars divide EU and US A row between Europe and the US over internet governance is set to overshadow the UN-sponsored WSIS in Tunis on Monday.
Verhärtete Fronten im ICANN-Disput Die USA wollen ihre Kontrolle über die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN nicht abgeben und fordern die EU zur Kompromissbereitschaft auf.
USA bleiben oberster Netz-Verwalter Beim Weltgipfel zur Informationsgesellschaft konnten die USA verhindern, dass die Netzverwaltung an die UNO abgetreten werden muss. Es wird zwar ein regierungsГјbergreifendes Gremium gegrГјndet, dieses hat aber keine Entscheidungsgewalt.
Internet governance plan gaining support, EU says European Union has been promoting its proposal ahead of start of three-day United Nations technology summit in Tunisia
Who Owns the Internet? Should the United States own the Internet? It seems like a pretty silly question to ask given the global and seemingly indestructible nature of the network, but it is a question the international community has posed repeatedly of late.
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Icann. Can you? As governments from around the world converge on Tunisia this week for the UN World Summit on the Information Society, they will argue over a crucial problem of 21st-century global governance: Who runs the Internet?
Tunisia chided over Web censorship The hundreds of Tunisian flags waving across the capital city are like so many miniature red carpets unfurled in welcome for the 10,000 or so people, including scores of heads of state, who have come here to talk about the Internet this week.
WSIS: ITU leader says talks remain 'hot' Hot was the word used by Yoshio Utsumi, secretary general of the ITU, on Tuesday to describe not only the room in which he was holding a news conference but also the talks taking place next door on the contentious issues of Internet governance and funding at WSIS in Tunis, Tunisia.
us: House to Vote on 'Net Governance The U.S. House of Representatives plans to ease any doubt the United Nations may have regarding Internet governance.
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TUNISI, AL VIA IL WORLD SUMMIT PER L'INFORMATION SOCIETY 50 rappresentanti governativi discuteranno le ipotesi di cambiare la "proprietГ " di Internet e i criteri di assegnazione dei domini
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President of the PrepCom of the Tunis Phase - TUNIS COMMITMENT To reiterate our unequivocal support for the Geneva Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action adopted at the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in December 2003.
EE.UU. se aferra a la idea de no ceder el control de Internet Uno de los miembros de la representaciГіn de EE.UU. seГ±alГі a los periodistas, sin el menor amago de una sonrisa, que internet "es un autobГєs con un chГіfer que funciona bien, y no vamos a poner cien chГіferes al mando de un solo vehГ­culo".
La Cumbre de TГєnez serГЎ un enfrentamiento por controlar internet La Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la InformaciГіn (CMSI), que se celebra del 16 al 18 de noviembre en TГєnez, estarГЎ dominada por las polГ©micas sobre el control de internet ejercido por Estados Unidos y las amenazas de algunos paГ­ses de crear un organismo propio de gestiГіn del sistema.
El control de Internet en disputa El control de internet, un elemento clave de la economГ­a mundial y, a la vez, una poderosa herramienta de comunicaciГіn global, serГЎ el tema dominante de la segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la InformaciГіn (CMSI o WSIS, por sus siglas en inglГ©s), que inicia el 16 de noviembre en TГєnez.
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Washington aimerait Г©chapper au dГ©bat sur l'ICANN au SMSI Washington doit s'attendre Г une confrontation avec de nombreux pays quant Г son influence sur internet et sur l'organe chargГ© de sa gouvernance, l'ICANN, lors du sommet mondial sur la sociГ©tГ© de l'information (SMSI), qui s'ouvre mercredi en Tunisie.
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CONGO Second Phase of the WSIS - Tunis Agenda for the Information Society WSIS-05/TUNIS/DOC/6
US retains hold of the internet The US wins its fight to stay in charge of the internet, as a key UN summit on the net opens in Tunisia.
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The US role in running the net Professor Derrick Cogburn of Syracuse University explains why the US has to accept change in how the internet is run.
The net and politicians don't mix The head of Icann, Paul Twomey, defends the role of his non-profit organisation in supervising the internet, arguing against direct political control of the web.
BBC In pictures Tunis hosts summit
War over internet control to dominate web summit A United Nations summit will open in Tunisia on Wednesday with the aim of improving access to technology in poor countries. But the run-up to WSIS has been dominated by a battle over control of the internet, which has pitted the US against most of the 170 other nations involved, including European Union countries.
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Countries band to fight Internet crime Negotiators agreed on Tuesday to set up a global forum to discuss online crime, but appeared unlikely to resolve a dispute about control of the Internet ahead of a U.N. technology summit in.
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On the line: the internet's future (free till ~18 November) Over the next three days a United Nations summit, in the unlikely setting of Tunisia, will attempt to thrash out the future of the internet.
Internet showdown in Tunis The United Nations' WSIS began with a high-minded purpose: to bridge the technological gap between richer and poorer nations. But now the WSIS event, which begins Nov. 16 in Tunisia, has transformed into a week-long debate about who should control key portions of the Internet.
Global cybercrime force moves closer But at the UN WSIS an agreement on control of the Internet still looks to be a long way off.
Violence breaks out before Internet summit Human rights groups are reporting that violent clashes have broken out before the UN conference that is set to debate the future governance of the Internet in Tunisia
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Other Nations Hope to Loosen U.S. Grip on Internet The crucial issue for many people at a United Nations summit meeting on the information age is that control of the Internet is mainly in the hands of the U.S.
Control the Internet? A Futile Pursuit, Some Say As the Internet's reach has extended worldwide, an international political battle over its control has arisen.
Why the WSIS? Democracy and cyberspace The debate about who governs the internet will dominate the WSIS meeting in Tunis this week ­ but the world’s web users have more important things on their mind, says Becky Hogge.
Kamp om Internett EU, Norge, Kina og andre land Гёnsker ГҐ ta makten over internett fra amerikanerne. Men USA stГҐr imot.
Rights activist and Belgian TV crew attacked in mounting tension before Tunis summit Reporters Without Borders today said it was “appalled” by yesterday’s attack by plain-clothes police on a Belgian TV crew as it was accompanying lawyer and human rights activist Radhia Nasraoui to a meeting of non-governmental organisations at the German “Goethe Institute” cultural centre in Tunis.
Internet governance, the position of Reporters Without Borders The second stage of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis from 16 to 18 November will discuss how to legally and technically administer the Internet. Reporters Without Borders stresses the bad effects on freedom of expression that alternatives proposed by some countries will have.
African lobby successfully persuade rich nations The African lobby has successfully managed to persuade other nations to come around to the continent's way of thinking on two key issues at WSIS.
Talks on net control resume About 170 countries have kicked off a final round of negotiations on the controversial issue of control of the internet and the core technical infrastructure that allows it to operate seamlessly worldwide.
Internet battle ends in stalemate An expected fight over the governance of the internet looked to have been averted last night as a tentative deal was struck which would allow the US government to retain overall control of the medium for the foreseeable future.
So where are we up to with this internet governance thing? WSIS starts this Wednesday in Tunis. It will be three days in which the world's governments will decide for the very first time what should and can be done with this medium we call the internet.
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World Summit blog: Heat, taxis and cous-cous WSIS Tunis Tunis is relatively mild this time of year for a North African country. Although if you've just come from Britain, the sudden jump of 10-15 degrees wouldn't let you think so.
World Summit blog: internet, freedom of speech and the UN WSIS Tunis The most controversial aspect of this whole world summit hasn't been the ensuing fight of who should run the internet but where it is being hosted: Tunisia.
World Summit blog: Hotels and women You can directly measure the quality of a hotel by the amount of stuff in the room that leaves with the guest.
Agreement on web crime-fighting forum Negotiators have agreed to set up a global forum to discuss online crime, but appeared unlikely to resolve a dispute about control of the Internet ahead of a UN technology summit.
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Cúpula de 2003 já reforçava movimento por mudança na administração da internet Atualmente, todos os endereços de páginas eletrônicas do mundo são administrados, em última instância, pela Corporação para a Atribuição de Nomes e Números na Internet.
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us: Information Summit Negotiates Oversight of Internet The number of Internet users has grown from 16 million to 900 million over the last decade. “Who controls the Internet?” is a question looming large over Tunis, Tunisia, as WSIS prepares to convene. Negotiators are spending the final hours before the opening of the U.N. General Assembly-sanctioned meeting to consider competing proposals on the future of Internet governance, and specifically the DNS.
Be wary of Internet 'governance' In the North African capital city of Tunis, a world summit will convene today to discuss, and perhaps shape, the future of the Internet. Since the Internet has grown fabulously without much shaping in the past, you have every reason to worry about this meeting.
U.N. control of Internet? An idea for the 'delete' file Jon Postel, a Californian with pony tail and flowing beard, was once called the closest thing the Internet has had to a god. Indeed. From the late 1960s, when the Internet began to evolve from webs of military computers, until his death in 1998, Postel guided the technical body that laid structures and assigned names allowing computers to communicate.
us: Keep Government, Politics Out of Internet Management, U.S. Urges When the second round of the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) convenes in Tunis, Tunisia, November 16-18, the United States says it is important to focus on opportunities for the developing world to enjoy the benefits of the Internet and other technologies.
Keep the Internet Free Delegates from around the world will gather next week in Tunisia for what is known as the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Few people are aware of WSIS's existence, its mission or the purpose of this conference. That is unfortunate, since the principal agenda item calls for a wholesale change in governance of the Internet that could lead to a significant setback for global freedom of information.
Net Dust Storm Blows Into Tunis Murmurs of secret alliances and Realpolitik machinations are already taking root in the dusty soil of this ancient city, as thousands of delegates gather at the U.N.'s World Summit on the Information Society to debate the future of the internet.
Narrowing the Digital Divide WSIS will look at ways to extend technology to the world's poor. An African initiative to use high-speed internet to treat AIDS inspires those trying to figure out how to bridge the gap.

08.11.2005
Foreign Policy: Interview with Larry Lessig on IG

07.11.2005
Washingtonpost: The U.N. Isn't a Threat to the Net By Kofi A. Annan
ICANN Reform: Establishing the Rule of Law by Hans Klein
Tech firms back Bush Net effort Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the Internet begins, technology firms including Google, IBM and Microsoft are supporting the Bush administration's efforts to maintain the United States' unique influence over domain names.
Academics Take Sides in ICANN Tug of War News Analysis: Experts debate whether the United States should share stewardship of the Internet.
Group suggests a 'denationalization' of ICANN Several academics are suggesting a "denationalization" of the ICANN as a way to end an escalating scrap in government circles over U.S. control of the Internet.
TechNewsWorld: Failed UK Case Highlights International Cyberlaw
ArabicNews: Citizen's summit challenges UN summit in Tunisia
'Digital Divide' must be narrowed through education, knowledge-sharing - UNESCO
Debate Over Internet Governance Starts At The Root With the approach of the WSIS in Tunis, the U.S. government finds itself under pressure from foreign countries seeking change in the way Internet names and addresses are administered.
NRO: Internet Community Organisations at WSIS Outline Key Factors That Will Ensure the Internet's Continuing Growth (news release)
NRO: The Number Resource Organization taking part in the WSIS During WSIS Phase 2, to be held in Tunis from 16-18 November 2005, the Number Resource Organization (NRO) is joining the Internet Pavilion at the ICT4all exhibition.
US bids to hold on to net Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the internet begins, technology firms including Google, IBM and Microsoft are supporting the Bush administration's efforts to maintain the United States' influence over domain names.
UsinfoStateGov: U.S. Cites Importance of Free Flow of Information on Internet: Ambassador participates in webchat prior to World summit on Information Society
WorldSummit2005: The US factor in the WSIS needs highlighting as much as the Tunisian factor, By Parminder Jeet Singh
UN: Freedom of expression ignored at WSIS
CyberLawHarvard:Internet and Governance - Looking Over the Week
Allafrica: IFEX-TMG Calls On Tunisian Government to Stop Crackdown On Rights Defenders And Journalists Prior to UN WSIS
Heise: Forscher fordern "ent-nationalisierte" ICANN
CWI:Un ICANN senza 'patria'? (in Italian)
Noticiasnet: Un dialogo con Internet (in Spanish)
IRNA: Articles on WSIS IN Arabic
Aftenposten: Farlig forskning i Tunisia (Norwegean)

05.11.2005
CNET News: Tech firms back Bush Net effort
NetworkWorld: US businesses: New Internet governance not needed
InformationWeek: Debate Over Internet Governance Starts At The Root
eWeek: Academics Take Sides in ICANN Tug of War
IrishDev: Organisations to Discuss Web Growth at WSIS

03.11.2005
From Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance (ORDIG), Voices from Asia-Pacific - Internet Governance Priorities and Recommendations An ORDIG Input Paper for the UN Working Group on Internet Governance and the WSIS
From The National Academies, Signposts in Cyberspace The Domain Name System and Internet Navigation
From BBC Radio 4 Today programme Interview with US Ambassador David Gross on wo should control the internet.
AllAfrica.com and Nationmedia: Countries Criticise Internet Control
From InternetWeek, The escalating scrap over control of the Internet that has pitted the U.S. government against the rest of the world is expected to take over the agenda at the World Summit on the Information Society, a United Nations meeting scheduled for November.
From SOApipeline, Opinion: Keeping Control The Internet may be a worldwide network of data and ideas, but when it comes to the basic plumbing, all decisions flow back to one place: the United States.
From The Tribune Chronicle, Don't let bureaucrats get hands on Internet The Internet is an American invention, its basic technology developed by the Pentagon to ensure communications could continue during a national catastrophe.
From HoustonChronicle.com, Save Internet from international control There is a move afoot at the United Nations and in the European Union to get the United States to give up control of the Internet ? a medium that America created and on which it now critically relies.