Policy

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in September 2022: On 26 September 2022, the ITU General Assembly, which is held every four years, was opened in Bucharest. On the agenda is the program for 2023 – 2027. The conflict between ICANN and ITU over domain name and IP address governance

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in August 2022: On the way to an IGF+, UN Secretary-General António Guterres named ten members on 15 August 2022 of the IGF Leadership Panel (ILP) he had announced in his Roadmap for Digital Cooperation (June 2020). The ILP is intended to give

Developments in the Internet Governance Environment April to June 2022: The Internet is increasingly getting drawn into the global geo-strategic conflicts of 2022. The war in Ukraine has accelerated the polarisation in the Internet governance discussion that has been emerging for years, and with it the process of a "

Developments in the Internet Governance Environment January to March 2022: The war in Ukraine has arrived on the Internet. Both sides run cyber attacks. Russian hackers attack critical infrastructures in the Ukraine. The Ukraine has established a "cyber army of volunteers" composed of IT specialists. The Ukrainian Minister

Current happenings in the Internet governance context October to December 2021: Developments around Internet governance confirmed one trend in particular in the fourth quarter of 2021: With Internet-relevant issues such as cyber security or the development of the digital economy becoming ever more fundamental political issues and digitisation increasingly affecting