{"id":13376,"date":"2014-04-11T12:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T02:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=13376"},"modified":"2014-04-14T06:29:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T20:29:10","slug":"governing-the-net-pivotal-actors-go-to-netmundial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/governing-the-net-pivotal-actors-go-to-netmundial\/","title":{"rendered":"Governing the Net: pivotal actors go to NETmundial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States, China and Russia have so far been the key players in the Internet governance debate. As we showed last week<\/a>, while the multi-stakeholder and statist schools of thought have shaped the discussion, neither has gained a decisive upper-hand. It\u2019s becoming increasingly clear that the future of Internet governance won\u2019t be decided by the stalwarts of those opposing sides, but by the actors who occupy the middle ground. With an international consensus unlikely, it\u2019ll be the building of like-minded coalitions that shifts the balance towards either end of the Internet governance spectrum. This week, we look to NETmundial<\/a> in Brazil as the next big Internet governance forum<\/a> where the positions taken by pivotal actors may determine how the debate progresses, and how our day-to-day Internet experiences might change.<\/p>\n

NETmundial\u2019s origins are inextricably bound to Edward Snowden\u2019s disclosure of America\u2019s NSA surveillance activities. At the UN General Assembly in September 2013, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff spoke strongly<\/a> against the US and called for the UN to become involved in Internet governance. Two weeks later, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehad\u00e9 was in Brazil recognising<\/a> that \u2018trust in the global Internet has been punctured\u2019, and that it was now \u2018time to restore this trust through leadership and through institutions that can make that happen\u2019. Rousseff accepted Chehad\u00e9\u2019s invitation to host a global summit on multi-stakeholder Internet governance, and NETmundial was born. Brazil\u2019s joy was short-lived; the US announcement that it was shifting the last of its internet management responsibilities to ICANN muted the significance of NETmundial and empowered ICANN as the premier forum for the debate. Nonetheless, NETmundial will be an important proving ground for ideas that\u2019ll be taken to future ICANN meetings, so it\u2019s useful to explore the positions of Brazil, India and the EU\u2014all pivotal actors who can shape the debate.<\/p>\n

Brazil has been a peculiar actor in the debate so far. Historically, it has supported a more intergovernmental model of Internet governance, deferring to the UN and ITU as the decision-making bodies. So it was interesting that President Rousseff, while requesting UN intervention, also made clear overtures to multi-stakeholderism, calling for \u2018open, multilateral and democratic governance, carried out with transparency by stimulating collective creativity and the participation of society, governments and the private sector\u2019. Brazil will be riding into NETmundial on the back of its <\/span>recent success<\/a> pushing through the <\/span>Marco Civil da Internet<\/i> \u2013a civil rights framework for Brazilian Internet users\u2013and as more recently reported, its designs for <\/span>global internet governance rules<\/a> (to be released on 14 April). As a growing economic power and leader in the developing world, Brazil will do much to shape the future of the Internet governance debate.<\/span><\/p>\n

India\u2019s Internet governance debate, like Brazil\u2019s, is in flux. For a time, India demonstrated that it was an inclusive, balanced actor committed to a free and open internet governed through multi-stakeholder processes. Then, in November 2013, they threw their support behind the multilateral Internet governance model after concerns about data storage and internet traffic management in a post-Snowden world. India <\/span>highlighted its distaste<\/a> for the multi-stakeholder process, characterising it as \u2018something of a misnomer\u2019 given US dominance in the system. The Indian government has since emerged as a reactionary in the Internet governance debate, attempting to elbow its way into a seat at the table. Itself a beneficiary of an open Internet, India should be encouraged to consider carefully the representations it\u2019ll make at NETmundial as part of a long-term game, not a short-term one.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the European community has been a strong proponent of an inclusive, bottom-up system, the US legacy role has remained a long-standing point of contention. After the Snowden revelations, European leaders lambasted the US and tabled policies that hinted at Internet Balkanisation, appeasing both sides of the debate, as well as <\/span>domestic business interests.<\/a> Fortunately America\u2019s recent moves have largely placated its <\/span>European<\/a>partners<\/a>. The European community is large and diverse, providing a solid foundation upon which to build a global consensus on Internet governance. But the transatlantic relationship brings its own baggage, limiting the North Atlantic\u2019s potential to function as an incubator for internationally acceptable norms. Europe offers an important critical mass, but not one nearly large enough to solidify Internet governance norms and rules of the road.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Snowden revelations caused Brazil, India, the EU and others to lose faith in America\u2019s goodwill in the Net governance debate. It\u2019s time to harness those pivotal actors into a coalition of likeminded states whose support can buttress multi-stakeholderism against further moves toward statist Internet governance. The time for talk is over: strong leadership is needed to ensure that the Internet governance debate is shepherded to a positive outcome firmly rooted in multi-stakeholderism. NETmundial holds the potential to drive the transformation of ICANN and boost moves to develop international norms on privacy and human rights online. Australia should not come empty handed to this critical forum, a topic we\u2019ll delve into next week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kl\u00e9e Aiken is an analyst and David Lang is an intern in ASPI\u2019s International Cyber Policy Centre. Image courtesy of NETmundial<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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