An open letter to the United Nations
An open letter to the United Nations expresses concerns over potential regulations threatening the decentralized nature of the Internet. Signatories, including Tim Berners-Lee, advocate for maintaining the collaborative, multistakeholder model. They caution against centralized governance.
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An open letter addressed to the United Nations expresses concerns about potential regulations that could impact the decentralized nature of the Internet and the World Wide Web. The letter emphasizes the successful multistakeholder approach that has governed the development of these technologies and warns against proposals that could introduce centralized governance. The signatories, including prominent figures like Tim Berners-Lee, highlight the importance of maintaining the bottom-up, collaborative model that has shaped the Internet over the past decades. They urge member states and UN officials to uphold the principles of inclusive and consensus-driven governance that have been instrumental in the Internet's growth and success. The letter raises apprehensions about the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and calls for ensuring that any digital governance proposals align with the established multistakeholder practices that have defined the Internet's evolution.
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