Editing ICANN (section)

===NetMundial Initiative (2014)===
The [[NetMundial Initiative]] is a plan for international governance of the Internet that was first proposed at the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (GMMFIG) conference (April 23–24, 2014)<ref name="bbc-April2014">{{Cite news |date=April 23, 2014 |title=Future of the internet debated at NetMundial in Brazil |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27108869 |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="circleid">{{Cite news |date=May 3, 2014 |title=NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement Concludes Act One of 2014 Internet Governance Trifecta |work=CircleID |url=http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140504_netmundial_multistakeholder_statement_concludes_act_one_of_2014/ |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="pctech">{{Cite news |date=May 21, 2014 |title=ICANN Releases Roadmap, Timeline for Future Management of Internet |work=PC Tech Magazine |url=http://pctechmag.com/2014/05/icann-releases-roadmap-timeline-for-future-management-of-internet/ |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref>
and later developed into the NetMundial Initiative by ICANN CEO [[Fadi Chehadé]] along with representatives of the [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF)<ref name="wef">{{Cite web |title=NETmundial Initiative – Debrief with Founding Partners |url=https://agenda.weforum.org/topic/global-issues/future-of-the-internet/internet-governance-geo-politics/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209062622/https://agenda.weforum.org/topic/global-issues/future-of-the-internet/internet-governance-geo-politics/ |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref>
and the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil), commonly referred to as "CGI.br".<ref name="cgi">{{Cite web |title=Public Declaration on the NETmundial Initiative issued by members of the board of CGI.br |url=http://cgi.br/noticia/public-declaration-on-the-netmundial-initiative-issued-by-members-of-the-board-of-cgi-br/ |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref>

The meeting produced a nonbinding statement in favor of consensus-based decision-making. It represented a compromise and did not harshly condemn mass surveillance or support [[net neutrality]], despite initial endorsement for that from Brazil. The final resolution says ICANN should be controlled internationally by September 2015.<ref name="businessweek">{{Cite news |date=April 30, 2014 |title=At NETmundial, the U.S. Kept Its Companies on the Global Stage |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-30/at-netmundial-the-u-dot-s-dot-kept-its-companies-on-the-global-stage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430142040/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-30/at-netmundial-the-u-dot-s-dot-kept-its-companies-on-the-global-stage |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 30, 2014 |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref>
A minority of governments, including Russia, China, Iran and India, were unhappy with the final resolution and wanted multilateral management for the Internet (such as a [[United Nations|UN]]-based model), rather than broader multistakeholder management.<ref name="businessstandard">{{Cite news |date=May 3, 2014 |title=The future of the internet |work=Business Standard |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-future-of-the-internet-114050300990_1.html |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref>

A month later, the Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms (convened by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) with assistance from [[The Annenberg Foundation]]), endorsed and included the NetMundial statement in its own report.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2014 |title=Towards a Collaborative, Decentralized Internet Governance Ecosystem – report by the Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms |url=http://internetgovernancepanel.org/panel-report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202714/http://internetgovernancepanel.org/panel-report |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref>

During June 2014, France strongly attacked ICANN, saying ICANN is not a fit venue for Internet governance and that alternatives should be sought.<ref name="AFP 2014-06-25">{{Cite news |date=June 25, 2014 |title=France attacks ICANN as unfit for internet governance |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |url=https://news.yahoo.com/france-attacks-icann-unfit-internet-governance-233956870.html |access-date=September 20, 2014}}</ref>