Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia censure ICANN’s decision on Amazon domain
Reuters reports from Lima that the presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia have criticized the recent decision by the
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Brazil
Brazil judge overrules Monday court ban on WhatsApp, Restoring messaging service
A Brazillian judge has ordered WhatsApp service be reinstated across Brazil, granting an appeal by the messaging app’s parent company,
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Brazil’s ‘Big Spy Bill’ Threatens to Clamp Down on Internet Freedom
Brazil’s politicians are on a collision cause with the country’s young generation of YouTube addicts over planned restrictions on the
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Brazilian Judge Shuts Down WhatsApp for 48 Hours
A judge in Sao Paulo has ordered WhatsApp to shut down for 48 hours, starting at 9pm Eastern tonight. WhatsApp
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.Africa IRP: The Transcript that cost ICANN – GAC’s “Creative ambiguity, We leave things unclear so we don’t have conflict”
GAC has been now found to be one of the biggest impediment to ICANN’s accountability and transparency standards this is
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Congress to ICANN: Approve .Amazon as proof of accountability, before IANA Transition
The co-chairs of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA4] and Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA1] have written to ICANN
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ICANN GAC new gTLD interference gets fresh Congressional attention
The ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) articulation and handling of several new top level domains has received under the ICANN
Read MoreNetMundial Initiative, The World Economic Forum talks internet governance. Who listens?
By Monika Ermert on policyreview.info The internet has become an inevitable topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum (WEF)
Read MoreBBC:Future of the internet discussed at the NetMundial in Brazil
It was a very reactionary decision from Brazil to organise this meeting,…..But I don’t think anything new or creative or
Read MoreCalling a Bluff? ICANN Transition and Internet Governance Poker Heats up
//CGCS Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Ben Wagner discusses the upcoming NETMundial conference in Brazil and questions whether ‘global forums’ actually impact
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