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10 ISJLP 1 (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/isjlpsoc10 and id is 1 raw text is: Internet Governance Is Our Shared Responsibility VINT CERF, PATRICK RYAN & MAX SENGES* Abstract: This Paper looks at the different roles that multi- stakeholder institutions play in the Internet governance ecosystem. We propose a model for framing the discussion of Internet governance within the context of the Internet's layered model (infrastructure, logical, content and social layers). To illustrate why this model is important, we use the example of the negotiations in Dubai in 2012 at the World Conference on International Telecommunications to show how legal proposals can go awry if the institutions (e.g., the ITU, ICANN, IETF, and the IGF) in the governance system lose the grasp on their respective areas of expertise. Several areas of conflict (a tussle) are reviewed, such as the desire to promote more broadband infrastructure, a topic that is in the remit of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), but also the recurring desire of countries like Russia and China to use the ITU to regulate content and restrict free expression on the Internet through onerous cybersecurity and spam provisions. We conclude that it is folly to try to regulate all these areas through an international treaty, and encourage further development of mechanisms for global debate, deliberation and cooperation in policy development at places like the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Author Vint Cerf, Ph.D., is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google and is one of the original architects of the Internet's TCP/IP protocol suite. Author Patrick Ryan, Ph.D., is Senior Policy Counsel with Google, an Operations Principle with Global Bit and a Senior Affiliated Researcher at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Author Max Senges, Ph.D., is Policy Manager with Google in Berlin. Although all three authors are employed by Google, this Paper is written entirely in their personal and academic capacities and does not reflect the opinion of their employer. The authors wish to thank Ross LaJeunesse for his insightful comments on an earlier draft of this piece, and for his promotion of the development of new policy work in this space.

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