Responding to a dizzying array of issues that threaten to break the Internet, from privacy to tax dodging to cybercrime, a group of the world's leading governance organizations say greater user involvement, not top-down control, is needed.
Three organizations — Brazil's Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) — said Thursday they are setting up a new group to find solutions to Internet governance issues, instead of waiting for governments to agree.
NETmundial, as the group will be known, will map out the best practices for resolving complex problems, ranging from online privacy to Internet taxation, security and child protection.