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DIDP Request #15: What is going on between Verisign and ICANN?
- July 29, 2016
During a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on “Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53,” President and CEO of ICANN - Mr Fadi Chehade indicated that ICANN follows up with registries and registrars on receipt of any complaint against them about violations of their contract with ICANN.
Read more →DIDP Request #14: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registrars
- July 28, 2016
In September 2016, we filed two separate DIDP requests regarding ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Goals.
Read more →DIDP Request #13: Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registries
- July 28, 2016
On multiple occasions, Fadi Chehade, then President and CEO of ICANN has emphasized the importance of conducting audits (internal and external) to ensure compliance of ICANN’s contracted parties. At a US congressional hearing, he spoke about the contract monitoring function of ICANN.
Read more →DIDP Request #9 - Exactly how involved is ICANN in the NETmundial Initiative?
- July 27, 2016
The importance and relevance of knowing ICANN’s involvement in the NETmundial Initiative cannot be overstated.
Read more →DIDP Request #10 - ICANN does not know how much each RIR contributes to its Budget
- July 27, 2016
In an effort to understand the relationship between the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) and ICANN, we requested current and historical information on the contract fees paid by the five RIRs (AfriNIC, ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC and RIPE NCC) to ICANN annually.
Read more →One Pokémon to Rule Them All
- July 25, 2016
America’s head start on the augmented reality game Pokémon Go shows that the interweb is not an egalitarian space.
Read more →The Gay Pride Charade
- July 25, 2016
For most of the milllenials, news is formed by trends, what goes viral, and often open to speculation, projection, manipulation and deceit.
Read more →No, India did NOT oppose the United Nations move to “make internet access a human right”
- July 13, 2016
Last Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution titled “The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet.”
Read more →Trans Pacific Partnership and Digital 2 Dozen: Implications for Data Protection and Digital Privacy
- July 12, 2016
In this essay, Shubhangi Heda explores the concerns related to data protection and digital privacy under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement signed recently between United States of America and eleven countries located around the pacific ocean region, across South America, Australia, and Asia. TPP is a free trade agreement (FTA) that emphasises, among other things, the need for liberalising global digital economy. The essay also analyses the critical document titled ‘Digital 2 Dozen’ (D2D), which compiles the key action items within TPP addressing liberalisation of digital economy, and sets up the relevant goals for the member nations.
Read more →Cross Border Cooperation on Criminal Matters - A Perspective from India
- July 10, 2016
In today’s increasingly interconnected world where information and data can be moved to and from different parts of the world in a matter of seconds, more and more transactions are taking place online.
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