Internet Governance

There are now four competing visions of the internet. How should they be governed?

Internet LAN cables are pictured in this photo illustration taken in Sydney June 23, 2011

There are now four - possibly five - competing visions of the internet, which makes regulating e-commerce even tougher Image: REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

Kieron O'Hara
Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton
Wendy Hall
Director, Web Science Institute, University of Southampton
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