Speech: The Internet needs better governance, starting now

Text of a speech by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, at the NETMundial, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 23 April 2014.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/315: NETmundial: European Commission to take leading role at global conference on internet governance http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-315_en.pdf

Website: NETMundial http://netmundial.br/

European Commission: Digital Agenda for Europe: DAE & U: Discussion Groups: Internet Policy: Europe & the Internet in a global context http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/content/europe-internet-global-context

EurActiv, 25.04.14: Internet industry seen as winner at global conference in Brazil http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/internet-industry-seen-winner-global-conference-brazil-301756

EurActiv, 23.04.14: US to surrender control of ICANN http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/us-surrender-control-icann-301695

ESO: Background information: EU challenges US hegemony in global internet governance http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-challenges-us-hegemony-in-global-internet-governance/

Deutsche Welle [Opinon], 28.04.14: Brazil and Germany must lead on free Internet http://dw.de/p/1BpPH

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