The i2Coalition Public Policy Working Group is responsible for determining the specific responses for the i2Coalition in regards to global policy issues that are important to the Internet’s infrastructure. Recent achievements center around Net Neutrality and surveillance reform, achieved through engagement with the FCC and in support of the USA FREEDOM Act in the U.S., respectively. The Working Group is currently focusing attention on a number of important issues including patent troll reform.
The i2Coalition engages in policy matters in accordance with its General Mission Statement and meets regularly to discuss issues that arise that fall within our scope. Policy Group members take an active role in reviewing policy and writing briefs on behalf of i2Coalition that support the industry’s goals. The i2Coalition believes that an open and free Internet drives economic growth and enhances the lives of people around the globe. As an organization, we promote policies that foster continued development and expansion of the Internet.
Recent Public Policy Working Group projects include:
- We participate in the Digital Due Process Coalition (DDP) and delivered key Congressional sponsorships in a collective fight to reform the Electronics Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).
- We provided comments on the importance of an open Internet to maintain the continued growth of the cloud to the FCC in response to its Net Neutrality proposal.
- We led an aggressive advocacy campaign in five key cities to reform the patent system and to curb the patent troll litigation issues that devastate our industry.
- We were leaders in a coalition that helped drive core support for the USA FREEDOM Act, the largest reduction of U.S. surveillance authority in a generation, which passed in early 2015.
- We actively speak out against the expansion of Internet surveillance worldwide, including being a voice against Bill C-51 in Canada.
- We actively engage in the debate on the role of encryption in the digital economy.
- We submitted an amicus brief in the important Microsoft Ireland email privacy case.
- We’ve taken an important role in educating U.S. lawmakers on the IANA transition as part of our focus on the DOTCOM Act.
- We provided strategic counsel and comments on the proposed NIST cybersecurity framework.
Recent Updates On US Policy
i2Coalition Statement in Response to President’s Executive Order to Regulate Social Media
The following can be attributed to Christian Dawson, Executive Director of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition: “While the President’s Executive Order ‘Preventing Online Censorship’ may be directed against ‘large, powerful social media companies’ to narrow the scope of the liability shield in Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act, the Order’s broad regulatory directives would inflict […]
i2Coalition May 2020 Legislative Brief
(photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash) Your quick public update on important Internet policy issues. Since mid-March, Washington has undergone intense legislative efforts including the enactment of three major COVID-19 economic relief packages. The House passed a fourth relief measure on May 15, but Senate Republicans are opposed to taking up another economic stimulus package too soon before assessing […]
i2Coalition Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Infrastructure Providers
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused devastation around the world, and many have reacted to the situation with bravery and heroics. It has forced us to change our lives in many unprecedented ways and put new pressures on industries to adapt, including the Internet infrastructure industry. In April 2020, we collected responses the industry on how […]
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i2Coalition April 2020 Legislative Update
A public update on important Internet policy issues from our Policy Director. For more detailed information, consider joining i2Coalition. OUTLOOK COVID-19 relief efforts accelerated dramatically in Washington this past month by officials in the Trump Administration, the U.S. Congress and state and local governments to support health care providers and help the ill, mitigate the […]