Open AccessAssociations of Internet Developers
Author(s) -
Sergey Sergeevich Shirin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2013-1-28-48-53
Subject(s) - the internet , politics , association (psychology) , control (management) , process (computing) , internet architecture board , technical standard , business , political science , internet privacy , public relations , world wide web , computer science , law , psychology , artificial intelligence , psychotherapist , operating system
The results of research of participation of international networked associations of internet developers in world political process are presented in the article. The main cases are associations that develop technical standards for the internet or promote such standards (IETF and WaSP), associations that develop countermeasures against the political control of internet communications (Netsukuku, TOR and FreeNet), and an association that develop one of the most remarkable political online projects WikiLeaks.