Next week, ICANN opens the Internet up to new domains like .ski, .sexy, and .berlin — and Fadi Chehade has to handle people unhappy with the change. Also: time for the US to let go of its Net oversight? Starting next week, the Internet is going to look very different — and ICANN Chief Executive …
During the opening ceremony of ICANN 47 in Durban, South Africa, President and CEO Fadi Chehadé announced the creation of five new ICANN Strategy Panels that would serve as an integral part of a framework for cross-community dialogue on strategic matters. The ICANN Strategy Panels were intended to convene subject matter experts, thought leaders and …
At age sixty-nine, Vinton Grey Cerf holds the title of ‘Chief Internet Evangelist’ at Google, and has recently discussed his views with Panjak Mishra of livemint.com in an interview regarding the future of technology. Cerf’s contribution to the birth of the internet as we now know it came in 1974, when he and his fellow American …
New Zealand‘s prime minister, John Key, has launched a inquiry into “unlawful” spying by government agents leading to the arrest of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who is fighting extradition to the US where he faces charges of internet piracy and breaking copyright laws. Read More
When we talk ‘internet regulation’ these days, it is code for either Big Brother or corporations trying restrict their content on different platforms (aka piracy). Read More