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A chance to amend the GDPR?
The European Union is currently reviewing aspects of the operation of the GDPR. The consultation closes tomorrow so if you want to stick something in you better move fast. Below is a submission I just made on behalf of various … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, ICANN, Internet governance, Regulation, Self-regulation
After the war is over
It is impossible for anyone to say with any level of certainty what the post-pandemic world will look like. Some pundits believe everything will be completely different. Rather more seem to be saying nothing much will change or things could … Continue reading
Posted in Default settings, Facebook, Google, ICANN, Internet governance, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
ICANN – signs of institutional bias. What a huge non-shock!
A distant friend worked out I have an interest in ICANN (how did that happen?). She sent me a link to an examination of the backgrounds of people who actively participate in its affairs. Called “ICANN Diversity Analysis” it shows … Continue reading
Posted in ICANN, Internet governance, Self-regulation
Great news from Latin America
I recently wrote a couple of blogs where I named five top level domains the IWF had found contained the lion’s share of all csam reported to or found by them in 2018. It included three Country Code Top Level … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, ICANN, Internet governance, Regulation, Self-regulation
Things are not getting better
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) recently published their Annual Report for 2018. There is a lot in there but here I want to focus on one small part of it. I have written about this particular topic a lot so … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, ICANN, Internet governance, Regulation, Self-regulation
Online Harms White Paper – the obvious problem
Some time ago I read a discussion of strategies online businesses might adopt to try to avoid the clutches of potential or actual Regulators. Without embarrassment or apology it was suggested companies deliberately bundle and entangle lots of things. Why? … Continue reading
Posted in Default settings, E-commerce, ICANN, Internet governance, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation, Uncategorized
Rule of the oligarchs?
Where does ICANN’s money come from? It is easy to find their annual accounts and estimates. These give the big numbers. Finding out which individual companies or organizations are behind the numbers is harder, although admittedly not much harder if … Continue reading
Posted in ICANN, Internet governance, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
Cherie Blair speaks out
In the pantheon of bad actors in the internet space there are two distinct classes. There are the criminals and fraudsters themselves. Clearly they bear the greatest part of the burden of guilt for the harm their actions cause. However, … Continue reading
Good news and bad news from across the pond
A great article appeared in the Canadian Globe and Mail earlier this week. It was written by Peter MacKay a former Federal Attorney General of Canada. In the article MacKay reminds us, and here is the bad news, that even … Continue reading
Posted in Default settings, E-commerce, Facebook, Google, ICANN, Internet governance, Regulation, Self-regulation
