ICANN Thursday confirmed what everyone expected, and had been listed on their meetings page, that March’s ICANN70 will be held as a Virtual Public Meeting due to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ICANN has announced the continuation of their Pandemic Internet Access Program for ICANN70. The programme financially assists those attending ICANN’s online-only meetings whose internet bandwidth is limited to get better broadband access. The programme was first piloted, with 24 people taking advantage of the programme, during the virtual ICANN69 with the support of ICANN’s Board in their resolution from August 2020.
[news release] ICANN Wednesday announced the publication of additional second-level reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs).
[news release] ICANN announced last week that beginning on 15 March 2021, ICANN’s Open Data platform will become the permanent home of Registry Reports.
ICANN invites the community to join us for a public webinar to discuss the Draft FY22 Plans, which are currently out for Public Comment.
A couple of days before Christmas, ICANN announced that all of the current 1,195 generic top-level domains (gTLDs), that’s new and legacy, have deployed DNSSEC.
[news release] ICANN invites the community to join us for a public webinar on 13 January 2021 at 20:00 UTC [local times] to discuss the updated draft of the Operational Design Phase Concept Paper.
Secure and uninterrupted cyber cooperation is central to successfully fighting conventional wars, defending against hybrid threats, ensuring the security of stationed personnel, monitoring financial transactions and terrorist movements, and enforcing sanctions. As China and the United States have found new venues for conflict over the last decade, cyberspace is no exception. China has sought to counter the United States’ Clean Network Initiative (CNI), a digital trade zone that excludes Chinese companies, by introducing its own Global Data Security Initiative. Amid this escalating interplay of techno-politics, geopolitics, and the looming prospect of splinternet, Beijing and Washington are in a race to attract as many states as possible into their respective orbits.
ICANN Monday opened the nomination period for the ICANN Community Excellence Award. The closing date for submissions is 29 March 2021 23:59 UTC and the winner(s) will be announced at ICANN71.
[news release] Today [18 Nov], ICANN, in consultation with ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, is seeking Expressions of Interest for appointment to a new Community Representatives Group. The Community Representatives Group will select a slate of nominees for an omnibus Standing Panel that will hear and resolve disputes filed under the Independent Review Process (IRP) described in the ICANN Bylaws. Nominations made by the Community Representatives Group are subject to confirmation by the ICANN Board of Directors.