1. Policy recommendations for the American position in international Internet governance negotiations Luke Wadman, IEEE-WISE intern July 31 st, 2013 Rayburn HOB Room 2325 Splinternet versus open Internet

2. What is the Internet, and what does it mean to govern it? What are the issues? Whats at stake? The policy routes Recommendations 7/31/132Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet Coming soon, to a PowerPoint near you

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4. Definition: Internet governance is the development and application by Governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. In English, please! 7/31/134Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet Internet governance – a briefer introduction

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6. Two models: multistakeholder and cybersovereignty Multistakeholder: current model, represents civil society, private sector, government equally Cybersovereignty: Government have final say, civil society and private sector serve as advisors Multistakeholder: current, open Internet versus Cybersovereignty: government borders, Splinternet 7/31/136Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet More Internet governance: models

7. China ISPs are large and infrastructure robust some international traffic routed through China (mostly S. Korea, Thailand, Singapore) Can result in traffic/service interruptions If youre an international IT company, bad for business! Also bad for user experience: making international calls with phone vs. Internet 7/31/137Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet The Splinternet is here – in China

8. Impacts of PRISM/Verizon metadata collection go beyond privacy concerns in US Diplomatic and international repercussions if trust over the Internet is broken – its all based on trust! 7/31/138Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet Lets talk about PRISM …not Snowden, please! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)

9. US House: HR 1580, AKA Affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance Similar measures taken up by previous Congresses More policy action needs to be taken ahead of International negotiations in 2014, 2015 7/31/139Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet Current policy/reactions

10. #1: Status quo (currently in play) Stay the course, free Internet, sit on our cyber hands Pro: Keep Internet open and free Con: Ignore the holes in the message/leave us open to criticism on US control of Internet #2: Enhance official cyber relations Cyber Policy office in White House, to work on domestic policy issues and solid position Cybers Affairs bureau in State, to take position to international negotiations, be better prepared Pro: Stronger focus on good position, less hypocrisy than #1 Con: Appears heavy handed, costs $ 7/31/1310Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet Policy Alternatives

11. #3: More power to the people! Engage civil society in stakeholder process further, allow for more transparency and access. Make the average user care! Easier said than done. More transparency and separation between US intelligence operations and Internet – right now, doesnt look great Pro: Preferred by most users, who drive Internet economy Con: Feasible? 7/31/1311Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet More Policy Alternatives

12. Blend of #2, and #3 Build up official channels for bringing focused, reasonable model of multistakeholder to Internet governance discussions Allow users more control of data and utilize more open- sourced model for Internet structures & rules Support movements like Amash amendment. More care about privacy more respect on international Internet Advantage: Happier users = better support of model being taken into international negotiation = ensuring open Internet in the future Problems: needs money to function, but not too much. 7/31/1312Lucas Wadman, IEEE-WISE, Splinternet vs. Open Internet Policy Recommendation

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