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This is an important conversation around trade negotiations and #InternetGovernance that we need to talk more about. The actions of the #WTO aren’t ones that get a lot of attention, but they can have a potentially huge impact on […]

NextGen@ICANN85 Presentations ICANN COMMUNITY FORUM - Mumbai - 10-11 March 2026

RECAP - NextGen@ICANN85 Presentations open.substack.com/pub/isoclive... #ICANN85 #ICANNnextgen #InternetGovernance #UniversalAcceptance #IDN #DNSAbuse #DigitalInclusion #Internet4All #DNSSEC #E2EE

Africa Is Not a Digital Quarry Africa's internet registry crisis reflects not abstract design flaws but sustained legal and market pressure, as scarce address resources are drawn into global arbitrage, challenging stewardship and e...

Um bom debate sobre recursos críticos da Internet na África. O autor denuncia um saque de IPs e nomes de domínio por agentes externos com o beneplácito de entidades privadas que deveriam garantir este direito às nações africanas.

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#InternetGovernance #Afrinic

Africa's Internet Gatekeeper Battles Litigation Siege as Recovery Falters AFRINIC accuses Cloud Innovation of orchestrated litigation campaign to paralyse Africa's internet authority. Board restoration faces fresh obstacles as legal battles intensify.

Africa's Internet Gatekeeper Battles Litigation Siege as Recovery Falters

#African Internet #InternetGovernance #AFRINIC #DigitalAfrica #AusNews

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Restricting information dissemination: Russia’s deepening internet censorship

In my latest policy brief, I argue policymakers should anticipate further escalation of Russian internet censorship, including the blocking of all remaining foreign platforms and messaging apps *very soon*.

#Russia #Censorship #InternetGovernance #Polisky #IRsky #commsky

O arsenal digital no Irã: quando cercas invisíveis se erguem no conflito - TELETIME News Guerra no Oriente Médio materializa o debate sobre soberania digital e autonomia tecnológica e mostra quais as armas que já estão sendo colocadas em prática, no ataque e na defesa #teletime #teletimen...

Bom dia. Seguem meus dois centavos sobre o digital na guerra do Irã na Teletime.

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#digitalsovereignty #internetgovernance #war #Iran #US #Israel #Meltnet

Accepted Open Panels

⏳ Deadline to submit: April 30, 2026.

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Do not miss this opportunity to engage with leading scholars on #DigitalSovereignty at the SWING School on #InternetGovernance, in Bruges, Belgium, April 2020.

Application deadline: 13 March 2026

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New Article in #DataAndPolicy Journal @universitypress.cambridge.org #Q1:

“The Illusion of the #Web3 #Decentralization”

Does Web3 really decentralize power — or simply shift it to a new digital elite?

#OpenAccess:
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#GlobalGovernance #InternetGovernance #DigitalGovernance

🙌 Meet the #COcyberAmbassadors Batch 3

Spotlight on Maarten Botterman, Director at GNKS Consult BV

A global leader in #Internetgovernance with 25+ years advising governments & organisations on #digitalpolicy % #emergingtechnologies.

Welcome, Maarten!

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#Cybersecurity

Internet Protocols, Power and the Rebirth of the Border Connectivity is political, and governance must accept that fact, writes Konstantinos Komaitis. The age of innocence is over, and the age of empires is emerging.

New piece: Internet Protocols, Power and the Rebirth of the Border for @techpolicypress.bsky.social
The “borderless internet” was never apolitical.
www.techpolicy.press/internet-pro...

#InternetGovernance #DigitalSovereignty #TechPolicy

Do not miss this opportunity to engage with leading scholars on #DigitalSovereignty at the SWING School on #InternetGovernance, in Bruges, Belgium, April 2026.

Application deadline: 26 February (for additional time to secure funding contact shoogenboom@cris.unu.edu)

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🚀 The RSP List Is Out. Now What?

We broke it all down in our latest blog post: 🔎 How to Evaluate the Right Registry Service Provider for Your TLD 👉 brsregistry.com/blog/rspeval...

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#ICANN #NewgTLD #DomainIndustry #Registry #TLD #InternetGovernance #ICANN85

Do not miss this opportunity to engage with leading scholars and practitioners in #InternetGovernance!

Join us in Bruges, Belgium (20-24 April 2026) for an intensive week exploring #DigitalSovereignty, at the SWING School on #InternetGovernance

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A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China.

Mysterious traffic surges from China hitting niche sites is more than an analytics oddity.

Data flows are political.
If we don’t understand who’s accessing content — and why — transparency erodes.

🔗 www.wired.com/story/made-i...

#Cybersecurity #DigitalPolicy #InternetGovernance

O caso russo e o dilema da soberania digital dos Estados Nacionais, por James Görgen O que o bloqueio do WhatsApp na Rússia significa para a soberania digital global

Publiquei hoje no @jornalggn.bsky.social uma curta análise sobre o bloqueio do WhatsApp na Rússia e suas implicações para a soberania digital de todos os países.

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#digitalsovereingty #internetgovernance

Russia Restricts Telegram Access to Promote State-Controlled App Max, Potential Fines Exceed $820,000 Russia's communication regulator is slowing down Telegram, citing legal non-compliance, while promoting its own state-controlled messaging app, Max.

Full Article: www.technadu.com/russia-restr...

What’s your take on governments restricting foreign messaging platforms?
Comment your opinion below.
#Telegram #Russia #DigitalPolicy #InternetGovernance #CyberSecurity #TechNews

Do not miss the opportunity to hear @paultimmers.bsky.social
speak on the #EuroStack and #EU #DigitalSovereignty!

Join the SWING School on #InternetGovernance

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Do not miss the opportunity to hear @paultimmers.bsky.social speak on the #EuroStack and #EU #DigitalSovereignty!

Join the SWING School on #InternetGovernance

Application deadline: 13 February

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Don’t miss this chance to strengthen your knowledge and skills in #InternetGovernance!!!

Join the SWING School on #InternetGovernance 2026!

📍Location: Bruges, Belgium (Hosted by UNU-CRIS)
📅Important Dates:
Apply by: 13 February 2026 (including fee payment)
SWING 2026: 20–24 April 2026

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Thirty Years of Original Sin of Digital and AI Governance In February 1996, a libertarian myth of cyberspace and sweeping US platform immunity collided, hardwiring digital exceptionalism. Three decades on, that original sin still shields tech and AI from acc...

Trinta anos de dois pecados originais. Um retrospecto histórico de uma internet que nunca existiu escrito por Jovan Kurbalija, diretor da @DiploFoundation.

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#internetgovernance #digitalsovereignty #cyberspace

Cyber Diplomacy: How Nations Try to Prevent Digital Attacks from Becoming Real Wars A cybersecurity analyst once told me something I still think about: Many people imagine wars beginning with explosions. In reality, analysts often see them begin with error logs. That sentence captures our reality. Today, international conflict doesn’t always involve marching troops or missile alerts. Sometimes it starts quietly, with suspicious network traffic—unusual patterns of data moving through the internet, leaked emails, or a sudden power system failure.

Wars doesn't start with bombs, it often start with code. https://t.ly/YCzi0

#CyberDiplomacy #CyberSecurity #DigitalPolitics #Geopolitics #TechPolicy #GlobalSecurity #DigitalConflict #CyberWarfare #InternetGovernance #InfoSec #WorldAffairs #FutureOfTech #DataProtection #CyberThreats #DigitalPeace

Fears about TikTok’s policy changes point to a deeper problem in the tech industry | The-14 TikTok’s new US policies sparked panic, but reveal a deeper tech problem: unreadable terms, weak trust, data control fears, and surveillance across Big Tech.

Fears about TikTok’s policy changes point to a deeper problem in the tech industry
#USA #TikTok #BigTech #TechPolicy #DataPrivacy #DigitalRights #Surveillance #TechEthics #PrivacyPolicy #MediaLiteracy #InternetGovernance #TechIndustry #OnlineSafety #Trust
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Welcome to Meltnet Beyond the caricature of Internet fragmentation, it is time for a federalism of trust that overcomes the unilateral governance of the last…

Beyond the caricature of Internet fragmentation, it is time for a federalism of trust that overcomes the unilateral governance of the last 5 decades.
Another internet is possible.

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#digitalsovereignty #geopolitics #internetgovernance

Bem-vindos à Meltnet Além da caricatura da fragmentação da Internet, é hora de um federalismo digital de confiança que supere a governança unilateral das…

Aberto ao debate.

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#internetgovernance #internetarchitecture #geopolitics #digitalgovernance

When Tech Giants Ask Citizens to Pressure Regulators, Equity Is Already at Risk The recent Connecting Africa article reports that Starlink is urging South Africans to pressure ICASA over its licensing requirements…

Connectivity w/o equity isn’t progress, it’s extraction.
My response to calls for citizens to lobby regulators is live: theafrodivaspeaks.medium.com/when-tech-gi...

#DigitalEquity #InternetGovernance #Africa

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This is a great discussion around #InternetGovernance, the #UN, the recent #WSIS +20 review, the importance of #InternetAccess, and in general about what's at stake for the future of the #Internet if we don't get this right... if […]

The Italian fine sets a precedent. It forces a re-evaluation of how internet infrastructure providers navigate diverse national regulations while upholding principles of an open internet. The tension continues. #InternetGovernance 6/6