Submitted: June 29, 2011 - 5:23pm Originally published: June 29, 2011 Last updated: June 29, 2011 - 5:40pm Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Location: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2, rue André Pascal, Paris, France OECD governments and other stakeholders have created a new framework to promote a more transparent, open Internet. The new principles, agreed by OECD member governments, business representatives and technical experts, aim to advance the debate on Internet governance:
Promote and protect the global free flow of information Promote the open, distributed and interconnected nature of the Internet Promote investment and competition in high speed networks and services Promote and Enable the Cross-Border Delivery of Services Encourage multi-stakeholder co-operation in policy development processes Foster voluntarily developed codes of conduct Develop capacities to bring publicly available, reliable data into the policy-making process Ensure transparency, fair process, and accountability Strengthen consistency and effectiveness in privacy protection at a global level Maximize individual empowerment Promote Creativity and Innovation Limit Internet intermediary liability Encourage co-operation to promote Internet security and Give appropriate priority to enforcement efforts They underline the benefits that today's light-touch, flexible regulation has brought in driving innovation and economic growth. This model, which includes governments, business, civil society and the technical community in a so-called multi-stakeholder approach, has been key to the Internet's rapid growth and impact. "The Internet has achieved global interconnection without the development of any international regulatory regime. The development of such a formal regulatory regime could risk undermining its growth," according to the communiqué.
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Submitted: June 29, 2011 - 5:23pm
Originally published: June 29, 2011
Last updated: June 29, 2011 - 5:40pm
Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Location:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2, rue André Pascal, Paris, France
OECD governments and other stakeholders have created a new framework to promote a more transparent, open Internet. The new principles, agreed by OECD member governments, business representatives and technical experts, aim to advance the debate on Internet governance:
Promote and protect the global free flow of information
Promote the open, distributed and interconnected nature of the Internet
Promote investment and competition in high speed networks and services
Promote and Enable the Cross-Border Delivery of Services
Encourage multi-stakeholder co-operation in policy development processes
Foster voluntarily developed codes of conduct
Develop capacities to bring publicly available, reliable data into the policy-making process
Ensure transparency, fair process, and accountability
Strengthen consistency and effectiveness in privacy protection at a global level
Maximize individual empowerment
Promote Creativity and Innovation
Limit Internet intermediary liability
Encourage co-operation to promote Internet security and
Give appropriate priority to enforcement efforts
They underline the benefits that today's light-touch, flexible regulation has brought in driving innovation and economic growth. This model, which includes governments, business, civil society and the technical community in a so-called multi-stakeholder approach, has been key to the Internet's rapid growth and impact. "The Internet has achieved global interconnection without the development of any international regulatory regime. The development of such a formal regulatory regime could risk undermining its growth," according to the communiqué.
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New framework for an open Internet agreed at OECD