[AfrICANN-discuss] Weekly web review : IGF-USA, .AFRICA, CCWG Accountability meeting, WSIS+10, Cyberpolitics...

Fri Jul 17 15:00:05 UTC 2015

Hi all

This week; Internet Governance Forum USA 2015, ICANN announcement on .AFRICA and ICANN CCWG Accountability meeting in Paris are among most commented topics in Internet Governance news. See below some articles relating to those topics and events as well as documents on cyberpolitics, WSIS + 10, domain name, etc...

Regards

IGF - USA

The Internet Governance Forum for the United States 2015
https://cpj.org/events/2015/07/the-internet-governance-forum-for-the-united-states-2015.php

Internet Governance Forum-USA (IGF-USA) On July 16, 2015 in Washington, DC 
http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/07/internet-governance-forum-usa-igf-usa-july-16-2015-washington-dc-attend

Internet Governance Forum USA 2015 (IGF-USA)
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-governance-forum-usa-2015-igf-usa-tickets-17577256046

Internet Governance Forum USA 2015: Multi-Stakeholder Governance
https://storify.com/yangbodu/internet-governance-forum-usa-2015

ICANN ANNOUNCEMENT ON .AFRICA

ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for .AFRICA
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#prclt-Col2m62z

Independent Review Panel Finds in Favor of DCA Trust - Makes Recommendation to ICANN's Board to Resume Evaluation of DCA's Application
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-10-en

New gTLD program thrown into chaos as ICANN loses .africa case
http://domainincite.com/18944-new-gtld-program-thrown-into-chaos-as-icann-loses-africa-case

Review Panel Chides ICANN Board, Government Reps
http://www.bna.com/review-panel-chides-n17179933491/

Independent Review Panel Favored DotConnectAfrica Trust Against ICANN Ruling Over .Africa Domain
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150713_independent_review_panel_favored_dotconnectafrica_trust/

East Africa: DCA Trust Wins .Africa IRP, ICANN to Pay Over Kshs 60 Million in Costs
http://allafrica.com/stories/201507141174.html

Unredacted: ICANN's hidden role in fierce battle over .Africa rights
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/15/icann_dot_africa_review/

ICANN execs helped African Union win .africa — report
http://domainincite.com/18970-icann-execs-helped-african-union-win-africa-report

Did the African Union Commission really use a letter written by 
ICANN to express its support for ZA Central Registry’s .africa bid? 
http://domainincite.com/18982-read-that-controversial-africa-letter

Having been slammed and embarrassed, ICANN tells the world:
We’ve done nowt wrong  

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/16/icann_africa_latest/

CCWG ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING

CCWG ACCT Face to Face Meeting (17 - 18 July 2015)
https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53778863

CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountability

The CCWG: From Buenos Aires to Paris to Dublin
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-ccwg-from-buenos-aires-to-paris-to-dublin

ICANN 53 - Guaranteeing Accountability in Internet Governance
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150714_icann_53_guaranteeing_accountability_in_internet_governance/

Will 2016 Politics Trump Bipartisan Support for the MSM and
DOTCOM Act?  

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150716_will_2016_politics_trump_bipartisan_support_for_msm_and_dotcom_act/

WSIS + 10

Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes  by the United Nations General Assembly 
L2http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/submissionguidelines

US Ambassador Sepulveda, World Summit on the Information Society

http://www.expvc.com/2015/07/us-ambassador-sepulveda-world-summit-on.html

DOMAIN NAME

Where Has the Domain Name Growth Gone?
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150716_where_has_the_domain_name_growth_gone/

New gTLDs Are Great for Pump-and-Dumps, Phishes and More…
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150715_new_gtlds_are_great_for_pump_and_dumps_phishes_and_more/

United States and Canada Respond to ICANN’s Concerns over the “.sucks” Domain
http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/united-states-and-canada-respond-to-94972/

Armenian script receives green light from ICANN
https://www.armradio.am/en/2015/07/14/armenian-script-receives-green-light-from-icann/

Domain Privacy at Risk at the OECD in a Devious Move to Bypass ICANN
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/domain-privacy-risk-oecd-devious-move-bypass-icann

Internet Regulation: New ICANN Proposal Would Eliminate Web Anonymity
http://www.hngn.com/articles/108759/20150713/new-proposal-strike-web-s-anonymity.htm

CYBERPOLITICS

Cybersecurity and geopolitics are intertwined
http://www.csoonline.com/article/2948026/cyber-attacks-espionage/looking-on-the-cybersecurity-through-the-prism-of-the-falling-global-economy.html

The BRICS Summit: A Look at Some of the Issues
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shashi-tharoor/brics-summit_b_7769914.html

Senior Web Official : U.S. can 'Shut Internet in any Country' (Correio do Brasil, Brazil)
http://worldmeets.us/Correiodobrasil000001.shtml

India’s Internet Diplomacy: Reading the Tea Leaves
http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2015/07/14/indias-internet-diplomacy-reading-the-tea-leaves/

Democracy goes digital 
http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2015/07/11/free-the-words/democracy-goes-digital/278317.html

EU “Police” Will Censor Internet to Fight “Extremism”

http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/21250-eu-police-will-censor-internet-to-fight-extremism

MORE NEWS

The Future Of The Internet, According To Its Father
http://www.popsci.com/vint-cerf-interplanetary-internet

IPv4 Exhaustion, 5 Implications for Africa Running out Last
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150713_ipv4_exhaustion_5_implications_for_africa_running_out_last/

Increasing DNSSEC Adoption - What if We Put DNSSEC Provision in the Hands of Registries?
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150715_dnssec_adoption_puting_dnssec_provision_in_hands_of_registries/

Internet Society Brings African Diversity to AfPIF-2015 
http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-brings-african-diversity-afpif-2015

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