Konstantinos Komaitis PhD

The Geopolitical Veto: The Rise of the Concert of Networks How Multipolar Power Is Dismantling the Open Internet and Replacing It with Competing Digital Sovereignties

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De l’internet de la répression… A New York, lAssemblée générale des Nations Unies a ouvert sa quatre-vingtième session. « Le podium de marbre, les drapeaux, les discours ...

A la tribune de l’ONU, tout le monde dénonce la montée de l’autoritarisme… alors que chacun participe à l’industrie de la censure. danslesalgorithmes.net/2025/10/08/d... @kkomaitis.bsky.social

The Case for Open Sovereignty in a Fragmenting Internet Once, the Internet promised to dissolve borders. It was humanity’s great experiment in connection — a place where ideas, innovation, and communities could move freely, unburdened by geography or...

The case for open sovereignty in a fragmenting Internet - oped! www.komaitis.org/write-share-... #digitalsovereignty

The Silent Coup Against Brazil’s Internet Last week, I was in Brazil and had the chance to engage directly with  CGI.br (the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee)  and the broad community of stakeholders it brings together. The energy,...

The silent coop against Brazil’s Internet: www.komaitis.org/write-share-...

The Unknowns, Geopolitics, and Vagueness Around Data Governance Lately, all I hear is talk about data governance, as if the act of discussing it will automatically create clarity, rather than forcing us to confront the hard choices about how data flows, who...

Everybody talks about #datagovernance built no one is willing to actually try to understand what it is. Can we take a step back and be truthful about the complexity of data governance before we make decisions that can be irreversible? Some thoights from yours truly … www.komaitis.org/write-share-...

Leading Through Uncertainty and the Need to Reclaim Internet Freedom | TechPolicy.Press By reclaiming the Internet, we may just be able to reclaim our democracies, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

We are actually seeing this vividly in the context of Internet governance, where the US has retreated from advocating about Internet freedom and openness, abandoning its soft power and conceding it to China: www.techpolicy.press/leading-thro...

The Internet Coup Is Here. And the World Is Still Asleep | TechPolicy.Press At UNGA 80, the world’s leaders have a chance to prove that they understand what is at stake, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

As the UN General Assembly opens with flags, speeches, and talk of rights and democracy, a quiet coup unfolds — not in parliaments, but in the invisible infrastructure of the internet, writes Konstantinos Komaitis. Digital rights and free expression are under attack — who will defend them?

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

Freedom of speech isn’t absolute; it exists within society’s rules. Limiting hate speech doesn’t oppose free speech. True free speech has boundaries and consequences, believing you can say anything without repercussions is a misconception, not a sign of a free society.
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The Internet Coup Is Here. And the World Is Still Asleep | TechPolicy.Press At UNGA 80, the world’s leaders have a chance to prove that they understand what is at stake, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social The internet is under a quiet coup. Surveillance tech once for dictators is now global, sold to governments. Democracies are complicit, civil society is shrinking. Will we defend an open internet—or let it vanish?
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Italy’s CDN Coup: Telecoms Hijacking the Open Internet In a controversial move that could reverberate across Europe, Italy’s communications regulator AGCOM has  decided  to bring Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) under the scope of the European...

Italy’s AGCOM just labeled CDNs as telecoms, triggering strict regulation. This risks slower speeds, higher costs, and digital protectionism — threatening the open internet across Europe. A dangerous precedent.
Who’s next? #OpenInternet

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As the US retreats from internet governance, Europe must step up If Europeans do not actively defend their digital rights model abroad, then they risk seeing the global system drift toward norms that contradict their own.

The U.S. is distracted. The EU has tools but without a global strategy, they risk becoming regional outliers. The open internet is a geopolitical asset. It won’t defend itself.
Europe must treat digital governance as foreign policy—not a technical footnote.
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Compare the similarities….bearing in mind that one country is meant to be a #democracy and the other is an #authoritarian country!

'The multistakeholder model is the engine that powers the internet' —Konstantinos Komaitis on WSIS+20 A statement from Konstantinos Komaitis on the WSIS+20 process and the future of digital governance.

20 years ago, the WSIS captured lightning in a bottle. Now, with the WSIS+20 review on the horizon, the stakes for global digital governance are higher than ever.

DTI’s @kkomaitis.bsky.social calls this a pivotal moment for the internet’s future: bit.ly/4lTlvQL

We see this particularly in the context of Internet governance and the entire Internet freedom agenda: www.techpolicy.press/the-us-just-...

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The US Just Logged Off from Internet Freedom | TechPolicy.Press The retreat of the United States from the digital rights arena creates a vacuum that authoritarian states are eager to occupy, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

The retreat of the US from the Internet freedom agenda is not just a geopolitical shift but a normative collapse, writes @kkomaitis.bsky.social.

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The US Just Logged Off from Internet Freedom | TechPolicy.Press The retreat of the United States from the digital rights arena creates a vacuum that authoritarian states are eager to occupy, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

The retreat of the US from the Internet freedom agenda is not just a geopolitical shift but a normative collapse, writes @kkomaitis.bsky.social. The US once linked the governance of cyberspace to the broader project of liberal democracy. That project is now in crisis.

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Muddling Through Uncertain Waters: Why the UN’s Troubles Could Spell Trouble for the Internet | TechPolicy.Press Disengaging from the UN is shortsighted and problematic, as it enables authoritarian regimes to shape global digital governance, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

Muddling Through Uncertain Waters: Why the UN’s Troubles Could Spell Trouble for the Internet: www.techpolicy.press/muddling-thr...
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Taiwan jails China captain for undersea cable sabotage Taipei has accused Beijing of sabotaging its cables, describing it as a "grey zone" tactic.

Taiwan fully gets the geopolitics of subsea cables and is sending a clear message to China:

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Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly recruiting a team to build a ‘superintelligence’ | CNN Business Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally assembling a team to achieve a “superintelligence,” machines that are capable of surpassing human capabilities, according to a Bloomberg report.

Mark Zuckerberg obviously spent his weekend watching @hbo.bsky.social Mountainheads and got inspired!

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This is literally the kind of stuff @hbo.bsky.social Mountainheads movie deals with....

Muddling Through Uncertain Waters: Why the UN’s Troubles Could Spell Trouble for the Internet | TechPolicy.Press Disengaging from the UN is shortsighted and problematic, as it enables authoritarian regimes to shape global digital governance, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

The US retreat from the UN has created a strategic opportunity for China to expand influence. When democracies fail to participate, the Internet’s future risks being defined by values that undermine openness and human rights, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

Muddling Through Uncertain Waters: Why the UN’s Troubles Could Spell Trouble for the Internet | TechPolicy.Press Disengaging from the UN is shortsighted and problematic, as it enables authoritarian regimes to shape global digital governance, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

The UN faces a financial and political crisis, weakening global coordination. As the U.S. retreats, China gains influence—just as digital governance needs unified action.
My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/muddling-thr...

Why the UN’s Internet Governance Forum still matters twenty years on Hosted by the Democracy + Tech Initiative, this conversation brings together experts to explore the importance of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the role it has played for the past twenty yea...

What role should the UN’s IGF play in a rapidly changing digital world? 💻🌐

On June 12 at 9:00a.m. join Vint Cerf, @anriette.bsky.social, Jason Pielemeier, @chengetai.bsky.social, and @kkomaitis.bsky.social as they explore the forum’s next chapter: bit.ly/3SCO9J6

Μπράβο. Το Τμήμα Ψηφιακά, Διανοητικά και Επικοινωνιακά Δικαιώματα είναι σωστό, αντικατοπτρίζει πολλά από τα ιδανικά και τις ιδιότητες του Internet. Η υποστήριξη του ανοιχτού Internet είναι πιο σημαντική από ποτέ, δεδομένων των επιθέσεων που δέχεται σήμερα από την Κίνα και από τις δημοκρατίες.