- Current internet governance is US centric & needs to move towards global model protecting values of open & multi stakeholder governance
- European Union (EU) opined that giving power to United Nations or International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will lead to conferring too much power to national governments
- EU vouched for a clear timeline diluting US authority over ICANN & making it a more global agreement safeguarding open & unfragmented nature of internet
- EU also vouched for a mediation body to scrutinise conflicts arising from contradictory national jurisdictions
Exams Perspective:
- Reforms in internet governance
- ICANN
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU)