Updates
W3C publishes draft impact ratings for Web Sustainability Guidelines
The World Wide Web Consortium has published a draft framework for assessing how web sustainability practices affect people, the environment and economic wellbeing, helping organisations prioritise actions based on their expected impact.
AFRINIC launches survey for members and stakeholders
AFRINIC is seeking feedback from members and stakeholders to help identify areas for improvement and inform the organisation’s future priorities.
ICANN opens public comment on DNS abuse mitigation proposals
ICANN’s GNSO has opened a 40-day public comment period on an initial report proposing new obligations for registrars to investigate domains associated with actionable evidence of DNS abuse.
IGF opens call for Internet Governance Lab proposals
The Internet Governance Forum has invited stakeholders to submit practical proposals for its pilot Internet Governance Lab.
ARIN opens registration for 58th Public Policy and Members Meeting
Registration is open for ARIN 58, which will take place in Miami and online on 22–23 October 2026 and will focus on Internet policy and community participation.
ARIN consults community on retiring legacy directory services
ARIN is seeking community feedback on a plan to retire Whois-RWS, RWhois and Whois (Port 43), moving to RDAP as its single standardised directory service.
AFRINIC constitutes new Governance Committee
AFRINIC has completed the reconstitution of its Governance Committee, appointing members elected by the organisation’s membership and additional members selected by the Board.
IGF 2026 to hold second open consultations and MAG meeting in Geneva
The Internet Governance Forum will hold its second round of open consultations and a meeting of its Multistakeholder Advisory Group from 7 to 9 September 2026 in Geneva and online.
Applications open for 2026–2027 DPI Safeguards Working Groups
The UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies and UNDP are inviting government officials, technical experts and other practitioners to join working groups focused on financing, governance and technical safeguards for digital public infrastructure.
German privacy watchdog urges EU to scrap cookie banners
Germany’s federal data protection authority is calling on EU lawmakers to abandon the current cookie-banner model and replace it with a centralised, machine-readable consent system embedded in the Digital Omnibus package. In new recommendations published on 13 August 2026, the Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI), Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider, argues that cookie banners have […]
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