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Beyond Access: Addressing Digital Inequality in Africa
Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2017), 17 pp.
"Although most Africans remain disconnected from the Internet, and access to broadband services continues to be a central policy issue, the increased availability of broadband services alone will not reduce digital inequality on the continent. While the provision of access to the Internet remains a
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IGF Academy Transfer Guide: Sharing Learning and Experience from Year One
Berlin: iRights; IGF Academy (2017), 59 pp.
"This publication is what we call our Transfer Guide. It serves three different purposes. First, it documents the work done by the IGF Academy team and the eight fellows in 2016. Together, we mapped those stakeholders involved (or who should be involved) in Internet governance in the eight countries
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Digitalpolitik: Eine Einführung
Berlin: Wikimedia Deutschland; iRights (2017), 98 pp.
"Diese Publikation soll deutlich machen: Die Vorstellung einer inhaltlichen Trennung national-europäischer Digitalpolitik von globaler Internet Governance ist nicht nur falsch – sie ist mit Blick auf die zukünftige Regulierung und Entwicklung des Internets auch sehr kurzsichtig. Denn die in den
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What if We All Governed the Internet? Advancing Multistakeholder Participation in Internet Governance
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 108 pp.
"The research in these pages covers the theory around multistakeholder participation in Internet governance through a review of relevant literature. It also analyses case studies from Kenya to Brazil, South Korea, and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which illustrate how multistakeholder approac
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Who Governs the Internet? Players and Fields of Action
Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2017), 42 pp.
"This publication recognizes the principle that “internet policy is social policy”. Accordingly, its core assumption is that internet governance concerns everybody. The stakes are high in today’s digital society. Equitable access to the internet; human and civil rights; the right to social, cu
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Neutralidad de red en América Latina: Reglamentación, aplicación de la ley y perspectivas: Los casos de Chile, Colombia, Brasil y México;Neutralidade de rede na América Latina: Regulamentação, aplicação da lei e perspectivas: Os casos do Chile, Colômbia, Brasil e México
São Paulo: Intervozes (2017), 177 pp.
"Sinteses de las recomendaciones: Incentivar la creación de tecnologías de evaluación del cumplimiento de la neutralidad de red en las capas lógica y de infraestructuras; Incentivar la creación de piezas procesuales de referencia para la creación de jurisprudencia, usando como base tanto el Ma
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European and International Media Law
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), lxx, 583 pp.
"This book is the first to incorporate current academic literature on European, transnational, and international media law into a comprehensive overview intended primarily for students. It introduces the legal framework for globalised communication via mass media, and considers the transformative ef
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Media Development in the Digital Age: Five Ways to Engage in Internet Governance
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Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA); Article 19 (2017), 29 pp.
"The digital convergence means that how the Internet develops going forward — both in terms of policy and technology — will shape the very environment in which all other media operate. This report makes the case to this community that they can, and must, engage in the decision-making bodies that
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Redefreiheit: Prinzipien für eine vernetzte Welt
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2016), 687 pp.
Guidebook Internet Governance: Media Freedom in a Connected World
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; iRights.Lab (2016), 39 pp.
"To many in the media, Internet governance seems to be an issue far removed from their daily life and work. This misconception can have substantial consequences. The Internet is fast becoming the infrastructure for all communications between media and citizens. If journalists and media freedom activ
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The Evolution of the Internet in Ethiopia and Rwanda: Towards a “developmental” Model?
Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, volume 5, issue 1 (2016), 24 pp.
"The Internet in Africa has become an increasingly contested space, where competing ideas of development and society battle for hegemony. By comparing the evolution of the Internet in Ethiopia and Rwanda, we question whether policies and projects emerging from two of Africa’s fastest growing, but
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Digital Discrimination: Political Bias in Internet Service Provision Across Ethnic Groups
Science, volume 353, issue 6304 (2016), pp. 1151-1155
"The global expansion of the Internet is frequently associated with increased government transparency, political rights, and democracy. However, this assumption depends on marginalized groups getting access in the first place. Here we document a strong and persistent political bias in the allocation
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Mapping the Cyber Policy Landscape: Kenya
London: Global Partners Digital (2016), 21 pp.
"This mapping study investigates the ways in which the Kenyan government and other actors have initiated or engaged in multistakeholder processes in order to address cybersecurity-related matters in the country. Based on this, it will identify best practices, gaps and missing links, as well as oppor
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"This series aims to help human rights defenders develop the tools, skills and knowledge they need to engage effectively in cyber policy debates. The series is structured around five modules. The first four each focus on a different aspect of cyber policy - human rights, cybersecurity, regulatory fr
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The Practice and Craft of Multistakeholder Governance: The Case of Global Internet Policymaking
London: Global Partners Digital (2016), 15 pp.
"Given the distributed and open nature of the Internet, it is reasonable to assume that a distributed and open approach to governance may prove most effective. The multistakeholder efforts examined in this paper have sought to respond to this reality by creating institutions and processes that aim t
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Chaos and Control: The Competing Tensions of Internet Governance in Iran
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS); Small Media (2015), 52 pp.
"Some key findings from the report include: Iran's primary objective has been to challenge existing internet governance structures, most notably the United States' privileged position vis-à-vis the IANA and ICANN; it is too simplistic to say that Iran allies only with authoritarian countries on int
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Principles for Governing the Internet: A Comparative Analysis
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 88 pp.
"This study encompasses both quantitative and qualitative assessment: On the one hand, the more than 50 evaluated declarations, guidelines, and frameworks are briefly described in the given context; on the other hand, the issues contained in these documents are also qualitatively analyzed. In this,
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