From the report: "As
a result of the Internet's rapid growth, a number of
private sector companies have found themselves thrust from the role of scrappy
start-up to prominent global institution in a very short period of time. These
new global institutions have had to work to advance accountability and trust
without relying entirely on traditional democratic governance mechanisms
offered by national organizations. In the past several years, the private,
civil and public sectors have worked together to advance an explosion of
institutional innovations, each an experiment in building accountability
mechanisms and trust for this still-young ecosystem. For the long-term health
of the Internet,
it is imperative that these experiments continue, and that resources be poured
into making the most promising of them a success." Read more