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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><u><b>INTERNET GOVERNANCE</b></u><br><br>Who Runs the Internet?<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maximilian-stern/who-runs-the-internet_b_6263282.html?utm_hp_ref=world" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maximilian-stern/who-runs-the-internet_b_6263282.html?utm_hp_ref=world</a><br><br>Why India must engage with ICANN<br><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/why-india-must-engage-with-icann/article6662319.ece" target="_blank" class="c_nobdr t_prs">http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/why-india-must-engage-with-icann/article6662319.ece</a><br><br>China's Internet Chief To U.S.: We Need Mutual Governance Of The Internet<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/china-us-internet_n_6262966.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/china-us-internet_n_6262966.html</a><br><br>Localising Internet Governance<br><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/asia-pacific-bureau/2014/12/localising-internet-governance" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/asia-pacific-bureau/2014/12/localising-internet-governance</a><br><br><u><b>NETMUNDIAL INITIATIVE</b></u><br><br><a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141204_iab_issues_statement_on_netmundial_initiative_will_not_participate/" class="blue">IAB Issues Statement on NETmundial Initiative, Says Will Not Participate</a><br><a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141204_iab_issues_statement_on_netmundial_initiative_will_not_participate/" target="_blank">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141204_iab_issues_statement_on_netmundial_initiative_will_not_participate/</a><br><br>Double hammer blow to ICANN and pals' internet power grab bid<br>Controversial 'net governance program rejected by businesses and IGF<br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/03/icc_rejects_netmundial_initative/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/03/icc_rejects_netmundial_initative/</a><br><br>Internet RFC overseer snubs ICANN and co's web power grab offer<br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/05/iab_says_no_to_netmundial_initiative/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/05/iab_says_no_to_netmundial_initiative/</a><br><br><u><b>CHINA INTERNET CONFERENCE</b></u><br><br>Culture CLASH: Wuzhen Declaration spurned at World Internet Conference in China<br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/22/china_wuzhen_world_internet_conference_overview/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/22/china_wuzhen_world_internet_conference_overview/</a><b><br></b><br>China’s censors have some ideas about how to make the global internet more “fair”<br><a href="http://qz.com/300544/chinas-censors-have-some-ideas-about-how-to-make-the-global-internet-more-fair/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://qz.com/300544/chinas-censors-have-some-ideas-about-how-to-make-the-global-internet-more-fair/" target="_blank">http://qz.com/300544/chinas-censors-have-some-ideas-about-how-to-make-the-global-internet-more-fair/</a><br><br><u><b>EUROPE - GOOGLE</b></u><br><br>Britain's Information Commissioner Steps Into Google Privacy Breaches Legal Action<br><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/britains-information-commissioner-steps-into-google-privacy-breaches-legal-action-284854481.html" target="_blank">http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/britains-information-commissioner-steps-into-google-privacy-breaches-legal-action-284854481.html</a><br><br>Google returns to English court to stop consumer privacy "test case"<br><a href="http://www.eturbonews.com/53278/google-returns-english-court-stop-consumer-privacy-test-case" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.eturbonews.com/53278/google-returns-english-court-stop-consumer-privacy-test-case" target="_blank">http://www.eturbonews.com/53278/google-returns-english-court-stop-consumer-privacy-test-case</a><br><br>Could Europe really break up Google? A look at what's possible—and likely<b><br><a href="http://fortune.com/2014/12/05/google-european-commission-antitrust/" target="_blank">http://fortune.com/2014/12/05/google-european-commission-antitrust/</a><br><br>SECURITY</b><br><br>US, EU Plan To Broaden Internet Security Cooperation At Cyber Dialogue Meeting<br><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/us-eu-plan-broaden-internet-security-cooperation-cyber-dialogue-meeting-1735436" target="_blank">http://www.ibtimes.com/us-eu-plan-broaden-internet-security-cooperation-cyber-dialogue-meeting-1735436</a><br><br><u><b>FREEDOM ON THE NET</b></u><br><br>In the ‘global struggle for Internet freedom,’ the Internet is losing, report finds<br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/12/04/in-the-global-struggle-for-internet-freedom-the-internet-is-losing-report-finds/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/12/04/in-the-global-struggle-for-internet-freedom-the-internet-is-losing-report-finds/</a><br><br><a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2014/12/04/online-freedoms-all-relative/">Online freedoms: all relative?</a><br><a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2014/12/04/online-freedoms-all-relative/" target="_blank">http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2014/12/04/online-freedoms-all-relative/</a><br><br>Online Freedom Slips in Russia, Ukraine; Kyiv Announces Another Cease-Fire <br><a href="http://www.tol.org/client/article/24599-online-freedom-slips-in-russia-ukraine-kyiv-announces-another-cease-fire-.html" target="_blank">http://www.tol.org/client/article/24599-online-freedom-slips-in-russia-ukraine-kyiv-announces-another-cease-fire-.html</a><br><br><u><b>DOMAIN NAME</b></u><br><br>Vietnam tops ASEAN for national domain registration<br><a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/science-it/118083/vietnam-tops-asean-for-national-domain-registration.html" target="_blank">http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/science-it/118083/vietnam-tops-asean-for-national-domain-registration.html</a><br><br><a href="http://www.domainnews.com/sydney-applications-open-gtld.html">Sydney Joins Global Cities As Applications Open For Its Own gTLD</a><br><a href="http://www.domainnews.com/sydney-applications-open-gtld.html" target="_blank">http://www.domainnews.com/sydney-applications-open-gtld.html</a><br><br><br><br><br> </div></body>
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