Internet Governance - The End of Multi-Stakeholderism?

This promotion of the Internet and the free flow of information was certainly not without elements of self-interest on the part of the US, as it appeared that the interests of the newly emerging corporate behemoths of the Internet and the geo-political and geo-economic aspirations of the US appeared to have much in common. It is unclear as to how (or even whether) the US will continue to expend effort to support multi-stakeholderism, and the erratic record of the US on the recent topic of tariffs lends further credence to the stance that the US in no longer a widely trusted and stable advocate of the benefits of multi-stakeholderism in the international realm. Given the huge issues in cyber-vulnerabilities, the entrenched position of US megalithic digital corporates, and the extremely erratic position of the US administration at present, the case that the ideals of the Internet that were espoused in WSIS some 20 years ago, and the promises of multi-stakeholderism in the development of digital economies where everyone benefits are still realistic prospects today is extremely hard to make.