..., and accessible Internet for all—until recently. At the same time, the trends for “Balkanizing” and fragmenting the digital environment of the Internet into national jurisdictions were noted as alarming and at odds with the core principles of Internet governance. Yet, in 2022, intentional fragmentation of the Internet—following the implementation of anti-Russian sanctions—has suddenly been perceived as a “necessary evil” to stop military hostilities. Let’s investigate whether all stakeholders are indeed of the same opinion concerning the situation.
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis. Who Has the ...
... competes seriously with the global player Google. As for social networks, there are two or three fairly large networks created in Russia that are quite popular outside the country. When assessing the development of the sector, we should take into consideration ... ... government actively utilizes this right. This practice is not unusual. However, the global processes of the Internet, including Internet governance, are based on the principle of collective management, which is referred to in English as ‘multistakeholders’....
... that the official position of the Chinese government on the issue is very close to that of Russia. The PRC government aims to keep public control over the Chinese segment of the Internet. Such a policy cannot be pursued against the background of global Internet governance based on American proposals. The Russian proposal, in contrast, gives more authority to the national government in terms of regulating the national segment of the Internet.
It is noteworthy that President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly used the term “information sovereignty,” ...
