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The Internet Needs Its Own Democratic Government The Digital World Should Be Ruled by an Independent Coalition Beyond the Reach of Big Tech and Nation-States World map depicting Flickr and Twitter locations in 2011. Red dots are locations of Flickr pictures. Blue dots are locations of Twitter tweets. White dots are locations that have been posted to both. Courtesy of Eric Fischer/Flickr (CC BY 2.0). by Joe Mathews | May 11, 2021 Today’s methods for governing the internet do not constitute a coherent system, much less a democratic one. Instead, internet governance is a contest for power between the most powerful tech companies, who put their shareholders first and want the internet to be a free-for-all, and national governments, which prioritize the political interests of their own officials. ....
Working towards a fairer internet governance 1 published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30 1 Today s methods for governing the internet do not constitute a coherent system, much less a democratic one. Instead, internet governance is a contest for power between the most powerful tech companies, who put their shareholders first and want the internet to be a free-for-all, and national governments, which prioritise the political interests of their own officials. In this contest, both sides create the pretence of democracy. Facebook, based in Menlo Park, has created its own independent oversight board of global experts, though it s unelected, and chosen by Facebook. The European Union touts its tougher regulation of privacy and the Internet but those regulators are also unelected and impose their rules on people far from Europe. ....
How to govern the internet democratically FacebookTwitterEmail T oday’s methods for governing the internet do not constitute a coherent system, much less a democratic one. Instead, internet governance is a contest for power between the most powerful tech companies, who put their shareholders first and want the internet to be a free-for-all, and national governments, which prioritize the political interests of their own officials. In this contest, both sides create the pretense of democracy. Facebook, based in Menlo Park, has created its own “independent oversight” board of global experts, though it’s unelected, and chosen by Facebook. The European Union touts its tougher regulation of privacy and the internet but those regulators are also unelected and impose their rules on people far from Europe. ....
Joe Mathews Today’s methods for governing the Internet do not constitute a coherent system, much less a democratic one. Instead, Internet governance is a contest for power between the most powerful tech companies, who put their shareholders first and want the Internet to be a free-for-all, and national governments, which prioritize the political interests of their own officials. In this contest, both sides create the pretense of democracy. Based in Menlo Park, Facebook has created its own “independent oversight” board of global experts, though it’s unelected, and chosen by Facebook. The European Union touts its tougher regulation of privacy and the Internet but those regulators are also unelected, and impose their rules on people far from Europe. ....
Connecting California: How to govern the internet democratically Joe Mathews View Comments Today’s methods for governing the Internet do not constitute a coherent system, much less a democratic one. Instead, Internet governance is a contest for power between the most powerful tech companies, who put their shareholders first and want the Internet to be a free-for-all, and national governments, which prioritize the political interests of their own officials. In this contest, both sides create the pretense of democracy. Based in Menlo Park, Facebook has created its own “independent oversight” board of global experts, though it’s unelected, and chosen by Facebook. The European Union touts its tougher regulation of privacy and the Internet but those regulators are also unelected, and impose their rules on people far from Europe. ....