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DIDP Request #19 - ICANN’s role in the Postponement of the IANA Transition: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 29, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
In March 2014, the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) of the United States government announced plans to shift the Internet Assigned Names and Numbers (IANA) functions from ICANN to the global multistakeholder community. The initial deadline set for this was September 2015.
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DIDP Request #20 - Is Presumptive Renewal of Verisign’s Contracts a Good Thing?: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
ICANN’s contract agreements with different registries contain a presumptive renewal clause. Unless they voluntarily give up their rights or there is a material breach by the registry operator, their contract with ICANN will be automatically renewed.
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DIDP Request #21 - ICANN’s Relationship with the RIRs: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
At CIS, we wanted a clearer understanding of ICANN’s relationship with the 5 internet registries. The large amount contributed by the RIRs to ICANN’s funding lead us to question the nature of this relationship as well as the payment. We wrote to ICANN asking them for these details.
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DIDP Request #22 - Reconsideration Requests from Parties affected by ICANN Action: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
According to ICANN by-laws, ICANN has the responsibility to answer to reconsideration requests filed by those directly affected by its actions.
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DIDP Request #23 - ICANN does not Know how Diverse its Comment Section Is: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
While researching ICANN and the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG), we came across a diversity analysis report of a public comment section.
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DIDP Request #25 - Curbing Sexual Harassment at ICANN: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
Markus Kummer at Public Forum 2 mentioned that ICANN has standards of behavior regarding sexual harassment that are applicable for its staff.
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DIDP Request #27 - On ICANN’s support to new gTLD Applicants: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
In order to promote access to the New gTLD Program in developing regions, ICANN set up the New gTLD Applicant Support Program (Program) which seeks to facilitate cooperation between gTLD applicants from developing countries and those willing and able to support them financially (and in kind).
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DIDP Request #28 - ICANN renews Verisign’s RZM Contract?: by Asvatha Babu — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Internet Governance
Our request to ICANN was related to our (mistaken) assumption that Verisign and ICANN had signed an agreement for Root Zone Maintenance and had recently renewed it. In that context we had asked for information such as documents reflecting the decision making process, copy of the current RZM agreement, public comments and an audit report of Verisign’s RZM functions.
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It's That Eavesdrop Endemic: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, WhatsApp, Internet Governance
Whatsapp Says It’s Snoop-Proof Now, But There’s Always A Way In
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Mandatory Aadhaar card for govt scholarships violates SC order: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
There seems to be no end to the government’s legal troubles.
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