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ICANN and ALETI sign agreement to advance Universal Acceptance across Latin America and the Caribbean

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ICANN and ALETI sign agreement to advance Universal Acceptance across Latin America and the Caribbean

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-28T11:13:49+00:00October15 27, 2025|

ICANN and ALETI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote Universal Acceptance (UA) of domain names and email addresses throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The partnership aims to strengthen the region’s technical capacity and ensure that digital tools and online services support all languages, scripts, and domain formats, fostering a more inclusive and multilingual Internet.

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EU Commission finds Meta and TikTok may have breached transparency rules under the Digital Services Act

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EU Commission finds Meta and TikTok may have breached transparency rules under the Digital Services Act

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-28T10:50:41+00:00October42 27, 2025|

It is important to emphasise that these are preliminary findings. They do not amount to a final decision. The platforms in question now have the opportunity to review the investigation’s documents and submit written replies. The formal proceedings remain open.

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ICANN seeks community input on timeline for urgent disclosure of nonpublic domain registration data

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ICANN seeks community input on timeline for urgent disclosure of nonpublic domain registration data

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-28T11:06:50+00:00October48 25, 2025|

ICANN has opened a public consultation to determine how quickly registrars and registries should respond to urgent requests for access to nonpublic registration data, such as in cases involving imminent threats to life, serious harm, or child exploitation. The move addresses a long-standing gap in the implementation of Recommendation 18 of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) for gTLD Registration Data, which called for a specific, expedited response timeline but left it undefined during earlier policy work.

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Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon call for stronger Global South participation and permanent IGF in WSIS+20 outcome

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Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon call for stronger Global South participation and permanent IGF in WSIS+20 outcome

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-24T09:34:53+00:00October53 24, 2025|

Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon have jointly called for stronger Global South participation and the permanent establishment of the Internet Governance Forum as a UN body in their submission to the WSIS+20 Zero Draft.

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GNI policy brief urges stronger civil society role in shaping AI governance

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GNI policy brief urges stronger civil society role in shaping AI governance

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-29T10:40:53+00:00October14 23, 2025|

The report, Policy Brief on Government Interventions in AI, provides a detailed framework for assessing how state regulation, funding, and deployment of AI systems can influence privacy, freedom of expression, and equality.

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Internet disruptions in Cameroon after disputed election

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Internet disruptions in Cameroon after disputed election

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-24T09:21:55+00:00October03 23, 2025|

Internet access in Cameroon has been severely disrupted amid protests over the country’s disputed presidential election. The blackout, confirmed by monitoring group NetBlocks, coincides with demonstrations following the Constitutional Council’s dismissal of election challenges that pave the way for President Paul Biya’s expected re-election.

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Caribbean Telecommunications Union calls for stronger focus on small island states in WSIS+20 draft

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Caribbean Telecommunications Union calls for stronger focus on small island states in WSIS+20 draft

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-30T10:43:16+00:00October02 22, 2025|

CTU notes that the draft adequately covers core regional concerns, including references to rural and underserved communities, multistakeholder participation, cybersecurity, gender inclusion, and environmental sustainability.

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Mexico’s WSIS+20 input backs permanent IGF and rights-based digital policy

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Mexico’s WSIS+20 input backs permanent IGF and rights-based digital policy

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-23T08:34:08+00:00October27 22, 2025|

Mexico’s submission to the WSIS+20 Zero Draft reaffirms a people-centred, rights-based approach to the information society and supports multistakeholder cooperation. It proposes making the Internet Governance Forum a permanent UN forum with stronger participation from developing countries and regular reporting to relevant UN bodies, and calls for coordinated action to prevent internet fragmentation.

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NRO Publishes Preliminary Assessment on RIR Governance Reforms

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NRO Publishes Preliminary Assessment on RIR Governance Reforms

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-22T08:38:24+00:00October17 22, 2025|

The Number Resource Organization (NRO) has released a preliminary assessment of the draft RIR Governance Document, outlining the next steps in how Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) are recognised, monitored, and—if necessary—derecognised. The document is an important step toward formalising global Internet resource governance and has implications for accountability, transparency, and civil society engagement in Internet policy.

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IFF issues initial statement on India’s draft information technology amendment rules, 2025

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IFF issues initial statement on India’s draft information technology amendment rules, 2025

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-23T07:39:38+00:00October03 22, 2025|

India’s Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has raised serious concerns over the Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2025, warning that the proposed measures to regulate 'synthetically generated information' could result in overbroad censorship, privacy violations, and the chilling of lawful expression online.

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