The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has a narrow but important mandate: coordination of policy development for allocation of domain names. Domain…

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Just recently, Bluesky -the decentralized social network running on an open protocol called AT Protocol- announced that as a mechanism for supporting its business financially,…

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Did you know that we are swimming in Domain Name System abuse? As an Internet user, you probably were not aware. Apparently, doomsday is near…

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Cross-border data flows and, as a result, the global Internet are being threatened by usual and unusual suspects. Some nation-states have proposed for some time…

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2022 was a tough year for the Internet. Digital Perseus came out in full force to fragment the Internet, to stop unfettered access and sometimes…

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Farzaneh Badiei and Angie Orejuela When individuals want to use services on the Internet—for example, browse a website or send an email—various networks handle these…

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Farzaneh Badii, Angie Orejuela Introduction A few months ago, RIPE NCC announced that they have commissioned Digital Medusa to undertake a research project based on the issue…

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At the early stages of the Internet, domain names (example.com) were the point of entry for the majority of people’s online presence. As a result…

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On Friday, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s digital transformation minister, asked Cloudflare and Amazon to stop serving Russian web resources and protecting Russian services. He said in…

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To the Internet community: We must empower Ukraine to operate and defend itself on the Internet, and stop arguing over dubious actions against Russia that…

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