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Sexual Harassment at ICANN: by Padmini Baruah — published Mar 18, 2016 — last modified Apr 06, 2016 02:40 PM — filed under: Sexual Harassment, ICANN, Internet Governance, Privacy
Padmini Baruah represented the Centre for Internet & Society at ICANN in the month of March 2016. In a submission to ICANN she is calling upon the ICANN board for implementing a system for investigating cases related to sexual harassments.
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ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy – I: DIDP Basics: by Vinayak Mithal — published Jul 01, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Accountability, ICANN, DIDP, Transparency
In a series of blogposts, Vinayak Mithal analyses ICANN's reactive transparency mechanism, comparing it with freedom of information best practices. In this post, he describes the DIDP and its relevance for the Internet community.
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Analysis of ICANN revenue shows ambiguity in their records: by Sunil Abraham, Arjun Venkatraman and Akriti Bopanna — published Mar 15, 2018 — last modified Apr 27, 2018 10:01 AM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
We, The Centre for Internet and Society, have been instrumental in having ICANN become transparent about their revenue with our persistent requests for their sources of revenue.
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DIDP Request #29 - Revenue breakdown by source for FY 2017: by Akriti Bopanna — published Apr 26, 2018 — last modified Apr 26, 2018 11:06 AM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
We requested ICANN for financial information they have not yet provided for the period ending June 2017.
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The ICANN-US DOC 'Affirmation of Commitments' - A Step Forward?: by Anja Kovacs — published Oct 06, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:16 AM — filed under: Public Accountability, ICANN, internet governance
On 30 September 2009, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) signed an Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) with the US Government's Department of Commerce. For those of us who are concerned that the Internet should serve the global public good, is the new arrangement a step forward? An assessment.
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Control Shift?: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 08, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:22 AM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
The USA has ceded control of the Internet over to Icann, but only partially. (This post appeared as an article in Down to Earth, in the issue dated November 15, 2009.)
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ICANN 65: by Admin — published Jun 27, 2019 — last modified Jul 06, 2019 01:08 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, ICANN, Internet Governance
Akriti Bopanna attended ICANN 65 in Marrakech, Morocco from 24 - 27 June 2019.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
DIDP #33 On ICANN's 2012 gTLD round auction fund: by Akriti Bopanna — published Apr 04, 2019 — last modified Jul 09, 2019 03:51 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, ICANN, Internet Governance
This DIDP was filed to inquire about the state of the funds ICANN received from the last gTLD auctions.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Report on ICANN 50: by Jyoti Panday — published Jun 29, 2014 — last modified Oct 12, 2014 05:42 AM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
Jyoti Panday attended ICANN 50 in London from 22-26 June. Below are some of the highlights from the meeting.
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IANA Transition Stewardship & ICANN Accountability (II): by Jyoti Panday — published Jun 21, 2015 — last modified Jul 31, 2015 03:47 PM — filed under: ICANN, IANA Transition, Internet Governance
This paper is the second in a multi-part series, in which we provide an overview of submitted proposals and highlight areas of concern that will need attention moving forward. The series is a work in progress and will be updated as the processes move forward. It is up for public comments and we welcome your feedback.
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