This special issue calls to rethink how we conceptualise both internet and governance.
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Happy hacking at the Chaos Communication Congress
The by-now-classic-hacker-event CCC is on and one of the participants says: "ethics and hacking should be made part of the educational curricula".
Hacktivists 1.0 were Anonymous mask wearing outsiders. Subsequent generations are made up of insiders who use privacy enhancing technologies to hide their identities, to keep power under control or to disengage.
As tricky top level domains still remain to be tackled, ICANN treks on
As many top level domains 'corpses' are left lying in the ropes of the internet, 1,200 new names are expected to flood the shores in two years from now. Are we doing this right?
Trials and tribulations of changing oversight of core internet infrastructure
The whole family of internet self-governing bodies are busy preparing their takes on how to reign the future Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). As a coordinator of core infrastructure services for naming (ICANN), numbering (Regional Internet Registries) and standardisation (IETF), IANA has been in the middle of quite some fights. This one
Do Apple’s policies impede the growth of serious games?
The App Store rejection of the Dutch slavery game ‘Journey into Freedom’ illustrates Apple’s refusal to take games seriously as a medium of expression.
Central internet resources could be privatised
The debate around internet governance is at full steam in advance of the Brazil's NetMundial conference in April. Especially so since academics have suggested privatising the management of critical internet resources and removing US oversight.
Sobering figures for new Top Level Domains
Even after competitors of the old heavyweights .com or .fr were allowed to enter the domain name market, the several hundred applicants need one asset in particular: .patience.
Domain name decision-maker growing into a big machine
ICANN gets closer to presenting new domain names for the net, but discussions on safeguards and obligations for the domain industry continue.