The UK government has opened a consultation on “age verification”. It’s bundled in under the title of: Child Safety Online: Age Verification for Pornography. There’s a few “gems” in the materials that show not only how big the adult industry is, but also how big an impact any proposals could have on it. For example, the… Continue reading UK Government Considers Forcing All Adult Sites To Do Mandatory Age Verification
Category: policy
IEDR Open Public Consultation on Release of Two Letter IE Domains
The IEDR has opened a public consultation on the release of two letter .ie domain names. The consultation will run for 30 days from today. The proposed policies covering the release are outlined in a paper published by IEDR: [spiderpowa-pdf src=”https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/PAC-Public-Consultation-Document-v3.pdf”]PAC Public Consultation Document Disclosure: I am one of the registrar representatives on the IEDR’s… Continue reading IEDR Open Public Consultation on Release of Two Letter IE Domains
Help ICANN Fix Whois Conflicts With Data Privacy Law!
ICANN has opened a comment period in relation to whois conflicts with local law / data privacy law. Of course anytime ICANN, or anyone else, tries to make any changes to whois policy there are issues. Whois is, for a variety of reasons, an emotive subject. One of the areas that Article 29, several registries… Continue reading Help ICANN Fix Whois Conflicts With Data Privacy Law!
#NetMundial Releases Final Statement
Over the past couple of days NetMundial has been taking place in Brazil. From what those of us following the event from afar can gather the meetings ran late into the night. This evening the final statement (document) was released. It’s a compromise, obviously, and has “rough consensus”. Here it is in full: NetMundial Final… Continue reading #NetMundial Releases Final Statement
Tracking #Netmundial via Twitter
If you’re not in Brazil this week for the NetMundial meeting you might be following it remotely. So out of interest I decided to check the stats on the more popular hashtag people are using on Twitter, ie. #netmundial Over the past 24 hours the level of activity has been pretty impressive according to TweetReach:… Continue reading Tracking #Netmundial via Twitter
(Dot)Joburg Explained
As others have noted, the launch plans and policies of “geo” and “city” new TLDs vary quite a bit. Some will be heavily restricted and require “presence” in the region or city, while others are going to be fully “open”. Neil Dundas, who is involved with the .joburg registry as well as that of .africa,… Continue reading (Dot)Joburg Explained
Exclusive: Internet.bs Response to ICANN Breach Notice
I posted a couple of days about the breach notice ICANN had sent to Internet.bs. Earlier this evening Internet.bs’ CEO Marco Rinaudo reached out to me and asked me to publish a public response to this. For the record I do not know Mr Rinaudo personally, but I think it is only fair to offer… Continue reading Exclusive: Internet.bs Response to ICANN Breach Notice
Video: ICANN Proposing Replacement For Whois
Disclosure: I’m a member of the group that worked on this I posted in some length about the proposal over on the company blog a few days ago, but ICANN have since posted the video to youtube, so here it is: I wasn’t included in the video introduction as I didn’t get a chance to… Continue reading Video: ICANN Proposing Replacement For Whois
Google’s .App Under Fire
I’ve written about “closed generic” new TLD applications several times over the last year. I’m opposed to them, as I’ve said in the past and continue to say today. However I’ve generally been supportive of “restricted” TLDs. The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) has serious concerns about Google’s application for .app and want ICANN’s board… Continue reading Google’s .App Under Fire
Article 29 Working Party To ICANN – EU Registrars Exempt From Data Retention Requirements
The 2013 RAA was approved by ICANN’s board of directors less than a week ago. The new contract introduces a number of new obligations on ICANN accredited registrars, among them are several related to data validation, verification and retention. The Article 29 Working Party, however, has written to ICANN and made it very clear that… Continue reading Article 29 Working Party To ICANN – EU Registrars Exempt From Data Retention Requirements