Category Archives: Internet Governance

Social Media Governance policies: a necesary tool for companies

Here’s a great resource on social media governance by companies, mostly American, ranging from About.com to Fedex, National Public Radio and the Social Media Business Council. – > Social media governance Policies Post Here’s the table of contents for the … Continue reading

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Facebook’s idea of privacy still a strange one with Open Graph

Here’s a copy of a good article from Network World on FaceBook’s new approach to privacy: one that consists intelling our friends about the sites we visited without asking for our consent first. The article seems to indicate this was … Continue reading

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Needed change in Internet Governance: a view from the Non Commercial Users Group

This is an article by Andy Oram, reproduced from Oreilly Radar news Internet Governance a new unique global challenge after US Sept 30 decision People interested in coalitions and policy-making on a global scale–topics that are increasingly relevant in a … Continue reading

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Who has a voice in running the Web?

Have you ever given thought to how the Web is run? It’s a rarity in today’s world in that it is mostly run by a non profit entity based in the US: ICANN. Now that the web has gained in importance and impact since 1986,when ICANN was founded, voices are springing up and asking that all constituents’ points of views be heard in how the Web is managed:in particular, how domain names can be owned and who manages these domain names.

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Consumer Advocate’s Free Speech Rights Upheld in UDRP Trademark Proceeding

This is reproduced from an article on Citmedialaw.org. It’s an interesting decision concerning freedom of speech online and the use of trademarks. It’s also a glimpse into how expression on the web is managed today. The web is a new … Continue reading

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