Countries are too reliant on an “all-or-nothing” approach...

Countries are too reliant on an “all-or-nothing” approach to Internet policy and haven’t made enough progress on a framework to resolve international conflicts incrementally, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will say in a report to be released Sept. 9, said a Tuesday news release (http://bit.ly/1BabXVw). “This dichotomy fails to provide a pragmatic path forward to resolve the inevitable conflicts that arise in a manner that respects sovereignty while at the same time maintaining the global nature of the Internet,” ITIF said. In its report, ITIF will propose its own policy framework “that allows nations the right to customize Internet policy to their own national needs and rules, while at the same time constraining those rights in ways that enables global Internet commerce."