Internet Governance

People

• Professor William H. Dutton

  Oxford Internet Institute

• Professor Jonathan Zittrain

  Harvard University

• Professor Ian Brown

  Oxford Internet Institute

• Desiree Miloshevic

  OII Research Associate

Articles

• Dutton, W.H. and Peltu, M. (2007) The Emerging Internet Governance Mosaic: Connecting the Pieces. Information Polity 12 (1-2) 63-81.
• Mayer-Schönberger, V. (2003) The Shape of Governance: Analyzing the World of Internet Regulation. Virginia Journal of International Law 43.
• Mayer-Schönberger, V. and Ziewitz, M. (2007) Jefferson Rebuffed: The United States and the Future of Internet Governance. Columbia Science & Technology Law Review 8.

Conference papers

• Brown, I. and Marsden, C.T. (2007) Co-regulating Internet Security: The London Action Plan. Global Internet Governance Academic Network Second Annual Symposium, Rio de Janeiro.
• Collins, R. (2004) Internet Governance in the UK. ‘Internet Governance in the UK’, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 21 October 2004.

Presentations

• Brown, I. (2009) Faraday cages, marbled palaces and Humpty Dumpty: the reality of Internet governance. Global Governance Challenges, Oxford, February 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Privacy and Social Networks. Internet Governance Forum, Sharm el-Sheikh, November 2009.
• Brown, I. (2010) Internet governance and cybersecurity. European Parliament Industry Committee, May 2010.
• Brown, I. (2011) Good Governance: The effective use of Information Technology. UK House of Commons Public Administration Committee, March 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Internet governance and the G20. Institut Francais, London, May 2011.
• Cheniti, T. et al. (2006) Internet Governance for Development: Focusing on the Issues. Position papers presented at ‘Internet Governance for Development: Focusing on the Issues’, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 September 2006.
• Cukier, K. (2006) Remarks by Kenneth Cukier. Presented at ‘Internet Governance for Development: Focusing on the Issues’, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 31 August 2006.
• Kummer, M. (2004) The Debate on Internet Governance: What’s at Stake? Keynote speech at ‘The Debate on Internet Governance: What’s at Stake?’, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 24 September 2004.
• MacLean, D. (2006) Where Now? A Rough Guide to Global Internet Governance Post-WSIS. Presented at ‘Where Now? A Rough Guide to Global Internet Governance Post-WSIS’, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 19 May 2006.
• Nelson, M.R. (2005) Internet standards and ‘Internet governance’: yesterday, today, and tomorrrow. Presented at ‘Internet Standards, Internet Policy, and Internet Governance: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow’, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 22 June 2005.
• Padovani, C. and Tuzzi, A. (2004) International political communication and the role of civil society: words and networks in the World Summit on the Information Society. Reflections on governance, participation and the changing scope of political action. Presented at ‘Reflections on the Civil Society Agenda’, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 10 December 2004.

Working papers

• Dutton, W.H., Palfrey, J. and Peltu, M. (2007) Deciphering the Codes of Internet Governance: Understanding the Hard Issues at Stake. Oxford Internet Institute Forum Discussion Paper No. 8, University of Oxford.
• Mayer-Schönberger, V. and Ziewitz, M. (2006) Jefferson Rebuffed: The United States and the Future of Internet Governance. John F. Kennedy School of Government Working Paper No. RWP06-018.
• Miloshevic, D., Dopatka, A. and Dutton, W.H. (2009) The New Economic Context of Internet Governance. OII Forum Discussion Paper No. 15.
• Rasmussen, T. (2007) Techno-politics, Internet Governance and some challenges facing the Internet. Oxford Internet Institute Research Report No. 15, University of Oxford.

Events

• Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil

  15 October 2021, 12:00 - 13:00

  We are delighted to present one of the co-authors of 'Framers' and Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the OII, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger. He will discuss the book and answer audience questions.

• Networks and States: the Global Politics of Internet Governance

  18 October 2010, 13:00:00 - 14:30:00

  Milton Mueller discusses the ideas of his new book 'Networks and States: The Global Politics of Internet Governance' (MIT Press, 2010), analysing the often-conflicting relationship between the global internet and government by territorial nation-states.

• Cybertarianism: The future of freedom in the Internet Age

  24 November 2009, 16:30:00 - 18:00:00

  Authoritarianism is surviving and even thriving in the Internet age. This fact has real implications not only for democratic movements around the world, but also for mature democracies like the United Kingdom and the United States.

• Critical Internet Resources: Internet Governance as Corporate Governance of ICANN

  29 September 2009, 16:00:00 - 17:30:00

  This seminar presents a draft paper that examines the options for future management of ICANN's critical Internet resources (CIR) functions.

• The New Economic Context of Internet Governance

  27 April 2009, 09:00:00 - 15:30:00

  Summary to come.

• Critical Internet Resources: Reorganisation of Functional Activities of ICANN

  19 December 2008, 16:00:00 - 17:30:00

  Summary to come.

• Global State of the Net Conference

  30 November 2007, 08:30:00 - 14:00:00

  Summary to come.

• Internet Governance and Development

  1 March 2007, 12:00:00 - 13:00:00

  A paper looking at the issues around Internet and development, and questioning the ways in which the UN Internet governance process (through the WGIG and the IGF) have addressed these issues.

• Legitimacy and Complexity: Reflections on the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

  13 February 2007, 15:00:00 - 16:30:00

  Terje Rasmussen addresses the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as a new, complex meeting place for a wide range of interests, discourses and hopes. He discusses the social forces at play in the process, and its present and future legitimacy and efficiency.

• Internet Governance for Development: Focusing on the Issues (invited workshop)

  1 September 2006, 09:00:00 - 18:00:00

  Summary to come.

• Internet Governance for Development: Focusing on the Issues

  31 August 2006, 17:00:00 - 19:30:00

  An overview of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the issues it plans to address under the theme 'Internet Governance for Development'. What are its overarching goals? What are its priority issues? How can people participate, and why should they?

• Where Now? A Rough Guide to Global Internet Governance Post-WSIS

  19 May 2006, 15:30:00 - 17:00:00

  Summary to come.

• Internet Governance and Regulation: The Future of the Internet – and How to Stop It

  25 April 2006, 17:00:00 - 18:00:00

  What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? Prof Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture at the University of Oxford.

• Locating Civil Society Participation in WSIS

  24 April 2006, 12:45:00 - 17:30:00

  Summary to come.

• Internet Standards, Internet Policy, and Internet Governance: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

  22 June 2005, 12:30:00 - 14:00:00

  Summary to come.

• The Struggle over Internet Governance: Searching for Common Ground (closed workshop)

  6 May 2005, 09:00:00 - 17:30:00

  Summary to come.

• The Struggle over Internet Governance: Searching for Common Ground

  5 May 2005, 17:30:00 - 20:00:00

  The aim of this forum is to help inform negotiations and debates shaping the future governance, regulation and use of the Internet.

• The WSIS Working Group on Internet Governance: Breakthrough or Breakdown

  26 November 2004, 15:30:00 - 16:30:00

  Summary to come.

• Internet Governance in the UK

  21 October 2004, 12:30:00 - 14:00:00

  Summary to come.

• Can The Internet Survive? Internet Security, Technology and Governance: Problems and Solutions

  11 October 2004, 10:00:00 - 16:00:00

  Summary to come.

• The Debate on Internet Governance: What’s at Stake?

  24 September 2004, 12:30:00 - 16:00:00

  This joint OII-ISOC forum is designed to inform debate on the future of Internet governance in the UK and globally. It provides an opportunity for participants from industry, government, academia and civil society to contribute to the debate.

• Civil Society and the Shaping of Information and Communication Policy

  26 July 2004, 16:30:00 - 17:30:00

  The seminar will review key theoretical perspectives on social movements, discuss methods for studying civil society collective action, and anchor these issues in developments around Internet governance and regulation, including WSIS.

• The Internet and Governance: The Global Context

  8 January 2004, 00:00:00 - 00:00:00

  This conference brings together experts with diverse approaches to governance and the Internet in different continents.

Videos

• Internet Governance for Dummies

  Duration: 00:57:51

  Date: 4 July 2005

  What aspects of the Internet need to be governed? How effectively are ICANN, the IETF and the ITU dealing ... Read More Internet Governance for Dummies

• CyberSafety Conference Keynote: The Secure Future of the Internet and How to Stop It

  Duration: 00:37:09

  Date: 9 September 2005

  Keynote by Jonathan Zittrain at the 2005 Cybersafety Conference, focusing on the complex web of issues, assumptions and trade-offs ... Read More CyberSafety Conference Keynote: The Secure Future of the Internet and How to Stop It

• Who will run the Internet?

  Duration: 01:25:56

  Date: 28 November 2005

  Internet telephony, Internet TV and other applications are causing the old network service providers to lose revenue: we can ... Read More Who will run the Internet?

• Recent Developments in FCC Internet Regulation

  Duration: 00:53:11

  Date: 18 April 2006

  The US Federal Commmunications Commission has moved swiftly to remove old rules (common carriage) and impose new ones (E911, ... Read More Recent Developments in FCC Internet Regulation

• Why the Internet is the way it is (and why it will be very different in ten years)

  Duration: 00:58:39

  Date: 28 April 2006

  We didn't get the Internet completely right first time: powerful social, regulatory and economic forces are now trying to ... Read More Why the Internet is the way it is (and why it will be very different in ten years)

• Internet Governance for Development

  Duration: 01:41:29

  Date: 31 August 2006

  An overview of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the issues it plans to address under the theme 'Internet ... Read More Internet Governance for Development

• Legitimacy and Complexity: Reflections on the Internet Governance Forum

  Duration: 01:00:19

  Date: 13 February 2007

  Terje Rasmussen addresses the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as a new, complex meeting place for a wide range of ... Read More Legitimacy and Complexity: Reflections on the Internet Governance Forum

• Information, Policy, and Power in the Informational State

  Duration: 01:32:12

  Date: 27 March 2007

  There has been a phase change in the extent to which governments exercise power by deliberately, explicitly, and consistently ... Read More Information, Policy, and Power in the Informational State

• The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 1

  Duration: 00:11:24

  Date: 8 January 2008

  Introduction to the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). This event commemorated Jon Postel by ... Read More The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 1

• The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 2

  Duration: 00:19:40

  Date: 8 January 2008

  Paul Mockapetris discusses the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The event commemorated Jon Postel ... Read More The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 2

• The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 3

  Duration: 00:08:26

  Date: 8 January 2008

  Lynn St Amour discusses the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The event commemorated Jon ... Read More The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 3

• The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 4

  Duration: 00:12:15

  Date: 8 January 2008

  Mike Roberts discusses the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The event commemorated Jon Postel ... Read More The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 4

• The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 5

  Duration: 00:19:23

  Date: 8 January 2008

  Edmon Chung discusses the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The event commemorated Jon Postel ... Read More The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 5

• The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 6

  Duration: 00:09:35

  Date: 8 January 2008

  Dennis Jennings discusses the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The event commemorated Jon Postel ... Read More The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 6

• The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 7

  Duration: 00:20:36

  Date: 4 February 2008

  Jonathan Zittrain discusses the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The event commemorated Jon Postel ... Read More The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 7

• The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 8

  Duration: 00:45:44

  Date: 8 January 2008

  Closing notes on the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The event commemorated Jon Postel ... Read More The History and Future of the Domain Name System, Part 8

• The Future of the Internet: Private Sheriffs in Cyberspace

  Duration: 01:10:29

  Date: 19 May 2009

  Jonathan Zittrain discusses the ways in which online life will be regulated largely by people and institutions bearing no ... Read More The Future of the Internet: Private Sheriffs in Cyberspace

• Those Golden Eggs Come From Somewhere: Internet Regulation at a Crossroads

  Duration: 01:11:30

  Date: 17 November 2009

  A discussion of how largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of ICT creates a danger ... Read More Those Golden Eggs Come From Somewhere: Internet Regulation at a Crossroads

• Net Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-sided Market Analysis

  Duration: 01:30:48

  Date: 20 January 2010

  A discussion of net neutrality regulation in the context of a two-sided market model.

• International Perspectives on Net Neutrality: A Policy Seminar

  Duration: 02:04:23

  Date: 17 March 2010

  This policy seminar provides three complementary assessments of the relationships between advocacy, rulemaking, and legislation around Net Neutrality, based ... Read More International Perspectives on Net Neutrality: A Policy Seminar

• The Internet and your inner English tea merchant

  Duration: 12:33:00

  Date: 8 July 2019

  The Internet is a totally internet phenomenon. In this talk, Dr Taha Yasseri gives answers to burning internet questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1QuW-NlH9A&t=1s

News

• Online Harms White Paper – “Duty of care not the right approach” experts agree

  1 July 2019

  The government needs to convene a comprehensive meeting with all relevant stakeholders to map a way forward on its Internet regulation plans, says a leading group of experts in an open letter to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Blog

• Uphold Digital Sovereignty, Avert Digital Autarky  

  Date Published: 30 September 2020 - 9:36 am

  Authors: Sara Spinks

  By Nikita Aggarwal, Research Associate, Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, Professor Luciano Floridi, Director, Oxford Internet Institute and Dr Matthias Qian, Departmental Lecturer, ...
  Read More Uphold Digital Sovereignty, Avert Digital Autarky  

• Human Rights and Internet Technology: Six Considerations

  Date Published: 17 April 2018 - 2:50 pm

  Authors: Oxford Internet Institute

  The Internet has drastically reshaped communication practices across the globe, including many aspects of modern life. This increased reliance on Internet technology also impacts ...
  Read More Human Rights and Internet Technology: Six Considerations

• The legal challenges of a robot-filled future

  Date Published: 5 April 2018 - 5:09 pm

  Authors: Genevieve Juillet

  Part of the University of Oxford’s Science Blog ‘Women in AI’ series, Dr. Sandra Wachter, a lawyer and Research Fellow in Data Ethics, AI, ...
  Read More The legal challenges of a robot-filled future

• Latest Report by UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Freedom of Expression is a Landmark Document

  Date Published: 15 June 2017 - 1:15 pm

  Authors: Corinne Cattekwaad

  The Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Image: United Nations Photo (Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). “The digital access industry is in the business of ...
  Read More Latest Report by UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Freedom of Expression is a Landmark Document

• Should Technical Actors Play a Political Role in the Internet Age?

  Date Published: 2 June 2017 - 8:00 pm

  Authors: Corinne Cattekwaad

  Corinne Cath is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute and the Alan Turing Institute. She worked at the intersection of Internet governance, tech-policy, ...
  Read More Should Technical Actors Play a Political Role in the Internet Age?

Press

• Study: Facebook delivers biased job ads, skewed by gender

  Date Published: 10 April 2021

  Source: Associated Press

  Facebook is showing different job ads to women and men in a way that might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, according to a new study.

• A Princess Is Making Google Forget Her Drunken Rant About Killing Muslims

  Date Published: 12 August 2020

  Source: Vice

  The removal of nearly 200 links from Google search in Germany about a princess’ drunken rampage in Scotland raises questions about who has the 'right to be forgotten.'

• We gave teenagers smartphones. Did we rob them of an inner life?

  Date Published: 7 February 2020

  Source: The Guardian

  There are many reasons to fret about our relationship to technology, not least of which is the way smartphones, and their slot machine-like apps, have hooked us so thoroughly

• Bullets and blackout: inside four days of killing in Iran

  Date Published: 13 December 2019

  Source: The Telegraph

  Pouya Bakhtiari could barely contain his excitement as he sat in gridlocked traffic on the motorway between Tehran and his home city of Karaj.

• Advertising data Facebook puts millions of homosexuals at risk

  Date Published: 28 November 2019

  Source: New Scientist

  Miljoenen homoseksuelen die in landen wonen waar homoseksualiteit verboden is, kunnen door de advertentiesystemen van Facebook in gevaar komen. Het bedrijf stelt adverteerders namelijk in staat mensen te selecteren op basis van hun ‘interesses’, waaronder

• What do we do about deepfake video?

  Date Published: 23 June 2019

  Source: The Guardian

  Deepfake – the ability of AI to fabricate apparently real footage of people – is a growing problem with implications for us all.

• How to make algorithms fair when you don’t know what they’re doing

  Date Published: 12 December 2018

  Source: Wired

  AI researcher Sandra Wachter is using "counterfactual explanations" to reveal how algorithms come to their decisions – without breaking into their black box.