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“China adds top-level domain names”
That is the title of todays article by People’s Daily Online. It says:
China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has made adjustment to China’s Internet domain name system in accordance with Article 6 of China Internet Domain Names Regulations.
After the adjustment, “.MIL” will be added under the top-level domain (TLD) name of […]

http://www.wecann.net/ralowiki this is the new wiki which should help us to work on the following project:
Help to strengthen Civil Rights and Consumer Protection in ICANN’s policies!
The question of how Internet Governance is shaped is one of the central sociopolitical tasks of the coming years. It will be a matter of how consumers and Internet users […]

“The Villain in the ICANN-VeriSign Struggle is the U.S. Government”, that is the title of a very intersting article by Michael Roberts, posted on Feb. 20, 2006 in CircleID.
Roberts gives a nice overview on the history of outsourcing the assignment of Internet domain names from the Networking Division of the National Science Foundation to […]

After strong opposition against the proposed VeriSign settlement and .com contract of October 2005, ICANN now posted a newly revised proposed set of agreements, which is still unacceptable.
The proposed settlement remains subject to final approval or disapproval of the ICANN Board.
ICANN’s At-Large Advisory Committee, looking after internet user’s interests and consumer protection, made the […]

Geneva. Lobbies are for lobbying. In the evening reception “A l’occasion des consultations sur la convocation du Forum sur la Gouvernance de l’internet (FGI)” not only the Swiss host, ambassador Ulrich Lehner, took his chance to welcome the guests.
The floor was also given to Marc Furrer, the swiss candidate for the Secretary […]

Geneva. Today the Consultations on the Convening of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) started, which is going to take place in Greece, the 24th to the 26th October 2006. This meeting is result of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), where Internet Governance was identified as one of THE important issues of information […]

Dearest comrades and companions,
dear Sir or Madam,
the question of how Internet Governance is shaped is one of the central sociopolitical tasks of the coming years. It will be a matter of how consumers and Internet users can become involved in the policy making of ICANN.
We are all aware of how sorry the tale of direct […]