Who shapes the operating principles of satellite internet – the new critical infrastructure of the 21st century?
LEO satellites like Starlink are no longer an abstract, futuristic curiosity. Today, they constitute the foundation of communications during disasters, a tool to combat digital exclusion and a component of national security. They also pose a particular challenge to international law.
A new open-access monograph "Global Governance of Low Earth Orbit Satellites" edited by Joanna Kulesza and Berna Akcala Gur has just been published.
The publication demonstrates how the dynamic development of satellite internet impacts:
- digital sovereignty of states,
- data security and critical infrastructure,
- international responsibility for incidents in outer space,
- global regulatory processes of the UN, ICANN, IETF and IGF,
- human rights and access to digital services.
This publication is a result of years of research and work conducted, among other thigs, as part of the Summer School of International Law and Internet Governance (SSIGIL) at the University of Lodz.
The book is available free of charge and in open access.
The Ministry of Digital Affairs has written about the book – you can find the link HERE.
We encourage you to discover how law, technology and geopolitics converge in space.
