[AfrICANN-discuss] Web review October 31, 2014

[Mamadou LO]

CHINA INTERNET CONFERENCE

World Internet leaders come to China in Nov.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/1030/c90883-8802506.html

Consensus sought with US on governance of Internet
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/10-31/140797.shtml

ITU / UN / INTERNET GOVERNANCE

Editorial: UN should not seek to govern the Internet
http://www.scsun-news.com/silver_city-opinion/ci_26823223

Has the United Nations taken over the Internet yet?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/30/itu_plenipot_primer/

HUNGARY INTERNET TAX

Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29846285

Hungarians Reject “Internet Tax” With Protests, Motherboards
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/30/netizen_report_hungarians_reject_internet_tax_with_protests_motherboards.html

Hungary scraps internet tax after mass protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/11200463/Hungary-scraps-internet-tax-after-mass-protests.html

DOMAIN NAME

The New TLD Registry Example to Follow
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141029_the_new_tld_registry_example_to_follow/

Does auctioning off a new TLD to the highest bidder est up failure
http://domainnamewire.com/2014/10/30/does-auctioning-off-a-new-tld-to-the-highest-bidder-set-up-failure/

Vietnam : a turning point in domain name disputes
http://www.managingip.com/Article/3396066/Latest-News-Magazine/Vietnam-A-turning-point-in-domain-name-disputes.html

IPv6

IPv6 Deployments Need To Be Planned, But It ‘Just Works’ – Lessons from Broadband World Forum
http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/tech-matters/2014/10/ipv6-deployments-need-be-planned-it-just-works-lessons-broadband-world

AFRICAN INTERNET NEWS

Ghana Commended for Its Active Participation in ITU
http://allafrica.com/stories/201410311089.html

West Africa: MFWA Calls for Open and Secure Internet in West Africa
http://allafrica.com/stories/201410300972.html

Africa: ITU, UN Women Celebrate the Power of Technology to Transform Women's Lives Everywhere
http://allafrica.com/stories/201410300401.html

Facebook's Internet.org app launches in East Africa
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2841672/facebooks-internetorg-app-launches-in-east-africa.html

MORE NEWS

The "Bottom Dilemma"
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141030_the_bottom_dilemma/

American Net Leadership Is a Timely Foreign Policy Challenge
    
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2014/10/30-plenipot-itu-brotman

Brazil greenlights $200m internet cable to Europe in bid to outfox NSA
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/30/brazilian_anti_nsa_cable_nonsense/

Stopping Illegal Activity Online - It's More Complicated Than It Seems
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141030_stopping_illegal_activity_online_more_complicated_than_it_seems/

 		 	   		  
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