Decentralised governance

• ISOC

• • Example of (public policy) governance through norms
  • Home of the IETF, “The Internet is for Everyone”

• IETF

• • Example of (standards) governance through architecture
  • “We believe in rough consensus and running code”
  • But also impacts policy! (See RFC 2804 on wiretapping)

• ICANN

• • Example of (technical coordination) through markets
  • Contracted to the US government to administer DNS root
  • But inconsistent with Internet norms (Mueller 2002)