[AfrICANN-discuss] Web review December 24, 2014

[Mamadou LO]

NETMUNDIAL INITIATIVE

Split could force NetMundial Initiative back to the drawing board
Technical community gives ICANN a slap over net governance overreach
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/22/netmundial_initiative_to_head_back_to_the_drawing_board/

IANA TRANSITION

Congress defunds ICANN/IANA governance transition
http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/congress-defunds-icanniana-governance-transition/2014-12-18

Internet community split on who should run IANA
ICANN Board pushes for ICANN control; others disagree
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/24/internet_community_split_on_who_should_run_iana/

ICANN's number is up
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/227726-icanns-number-is-up

INTERNET-GEOPOLITICS

China reluctant to join U.S. in punishing North Korea over cyberattacks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-reluctant-to-join-us-in-punishing-north-korea-over-cyberattacks/2014/12/23/911c5418-1bac-4307-9119-32adac212568_story.html

Does North Korea's Sony hacking qualify as an 'attack' on US?
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/does-north-korea-s-sony-hacking-qualify-as-an-attack-on-us-1.320958

DOMAIN NAME

Coordination Center For TLD RU /.РФ : 59 Domains Blocked in November, After Violating The Rules
http://www.domainnews.com/coordination-center-for-tld-ru-59-domains-blocked-in-november-after-violating-the-rules.html

Austria Loves .AT Campaign Builds Awareness of Country's ccTLD
http://www.domainnews.com/austria-loves-at.html

Survey Of Brand Strategies in the New gTLD Era Published By Largest Law Firm In France
http://www.thedomains.com/2014/12/24/survey-of-brand-strategies-in-the-new-gtld-era-published-by-largest-law-firm-in-france/

What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space?
http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/what_s_really_new_in

74% of new TLD registration not registered in .COM
http://domainnamewire.com/2014/12/23/74-of-new-tld-registrations-sldtld-not-registered-in-com/

REGULATION

Turkmenistan passes law on Internet development regulation
http://en.trend.az/business/economy/2346682.html

Spain Versus the Internet
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/spain-versus-internet

Human Rights in the Digital Age
http://justsecurity.org/18651/human-rights-digital-age/

EU group crafts guidelines for online payments, 2-factor authentication
http://www.zdnet.com/article/eu-group-pushes-for-online-payments-to-adopt-two-factor-authentication/

AFRICAN INTERNET NEWS

Why success in African e-commerce is all about scale and biding your time
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/12/23/success-african-e-commerce-scale-biding-time/

Growing access creating growing opportunities for african business
http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/growing-access-creating-growing-opportunities-afri/9411/#.VJrWL_8CA8

Africa: NGOs Urged to Push for More Firms to Hand Over Data
http://allafrica.com/stories/201412220325.html

Nigeria: IPV6 Offers New Global Opportunity for Business
http://allafrica.com/stories/201412240265.html

More news
http://allafrica.com/ict/















 		 	   		  
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