Security experts have revealed tantalising details about a group of Chinese hackers who are suspected of launching intelligence gathering attacks against the US government.   more »

To highlight the different aspects of this summit, Liisa has compiled a list of articles and relevant sites for your convenience.

The question of how the worldwide web is run, and how it can best safeguard basic freedoms and drive economic growth around the globe, will dominate the second World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis and will end on 18 November. The discussions of more than 50 Heads of State or Government, or their representatives, and of many non-governmental organisations and representatives of civil society, will also focus on financial mechanisms to bridge the digital divide.   more »

Some experts think Tunis could also be the scene of another major turning point: the breaking up of the internet into several rival management systems.   more »

Find it, fix it.   more »

Huang Ju Arrives in Tunis for World Information Summit   more »

Huawei hope to resolve their differences with BSNL.   more »

Declan McCullagh interviews David Gross.   more »

The following press release has been distributed by ARTICLE 19 on behalf of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Civil Society's Media Caucus:   more »

Asking the questions, giving the answers   more »

(That's Masood Khan, Pakistan ambassador) ®   more »

Blogger Questioned for Taking Photos During WSIS Registration   more »

A European diplomat said the letter was tantamount to "an attempt at intimidation".   more »

The Committee to Protect Journalists voiced outrage today at the assault on a French reporter in Tunis and the failure of police nearby to intervene.   more »

Professor Derrick Cogburn of Syracuse University explains to the BBC why the US has to accept change in how the internet is run.   more »

. . .it looks as though a big fight is brewing.   more »

Includes Lessig on the situation and FA on Bush's Monroe Doctrine!   more »

One incom-l reader writes: What the %$^&$, "The objective of WISekey is to reduce the gap in the new Digital Identification Divide". You have GOT to be f*cking kidding me. You can't make this stuff up...   more »

Internet Governance: Countdown to Tunis (ccTLDs)   more »

Shahzad files initial impressions from Tunis   more »

Kieren McCarthy in Tunis: WSIS, the low-down   more »

FN: En route to the promised global village, the information superhighway is plagued by poor access and high fares that the bulk of this planet simply cannot afford. Reducing international internet costs is an important priority, underlined in a set of recommendations from the APC made to the WSIS stresses.

APC's recommendations lay down a 11-step plan to making internet access both more "universal and affordable".   more »

CSIS needs your immediate support. To express your support of the Citizen’s Summit, send an email with the name of your organisation. Or contact support@citizens-summit.org.   more »

Anand Parthasarathy cites William Gibson

"The Internet is extra
national and post geographical. It is happening largely outside the
jurisdiction of politicians. It is truly one of the strangest things ...   more »

At the initiative of Reporters Without Borders, 25 US, Canadian, Australian and European investment funds managing around 21 billion dollars in assets said they are committed to online freedom of expression in a joint statement issued a news conference today in New York. As part of their commitment, they are undertaking to monitor the activities of Internet sector companies in repressive countries. The statement is above all targeted at companies such as Yahoo !, Cisco Systems and Microsoft that help the Chinese authorities censor the Internet or operate online surveillance systems.

The text of the statement and list of signatories

'France is paying for its arrogance' : What the French papers say about the spreading urban unrest   more »