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The "Internet of Things," the Internet and Internet Governance

• Comment posted Oct 17, 2007 2:51 am PDT — by Jeremy Malcolm
  To say that There is little doubt that some governments will choose to borrow concepts from the IGF when developing law and policy and will ultimately apply them to the Internet within their respective jurisdictions. Given the global nature of…

A Consociational Bureau for the Internet Governance Forum

• Comment posted Sep 24, 2007 6:53 am PDT — by Jeremy Malcolm
  Points taken. But firstly, the disconnect you refer to is one reason why capacity building is has been set as one of the operational mandates for the IGF in paragraph 72(h) of the Tunis Agenda, and has been taken up…

Why I left the ICANN At Large Advisory Committee

• Comment posted Mar 07, 2007 12:04 am PST — by Jeremy Malcolm
  Come over to the Internet Governance Forum instead, John.  Yes it is also a little dysfunctional (see http://igfwatch.org/ for commentary on this aspect), but it is acting in issue areas that are more important, though lower profile than Internet naming…

Lessons for the Internet Governance Forum from the IETF

• Comment posted Oct 24, 2006 2:16 am PDT — by Jeremy Malcolm
  I explain better in my thesis on the IGF (of which I have written a very brief summary), why governance is not the same as government, and by no means needs to have binding force.  Governance can occur through norms,…

What Will Be the Outcome of the Internet Governance Forum Meeting in Athens?

• Comment posted Oct 22, 2006 12:10 am PDT — by Jeremy Malcolm
  I entirely agree that the IGF lacks the appropriate structures to enable it to make decisions, which is why I have claimed that it requires reform - also to increase its transparency and accountability which is lacking at present.  If…