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The Privatisation of Human Rights. New paper

January 31, 2016

The Global Commission on Internet Governance has just published my paper “The Privatisation of Human Rights: illusions of consent, automation …

September 28, 2015

ICANN’s board, for fear of anarchy or instability, is resisting community proposals to create a membership. But if it succeeds, …

December 11, 2014

For the UK to reap the economic and social benefits of next generation technology, like the Internet of Things, we …

November 12, 2014

In October 2014, the Chair of ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), Heather Dryden of Canada, stood down after four years …

October 28, 2014

Like a government, ICANN is easy to criticise. You can take your pick: its insular, self-congratulatory leadership; its lack of …

September 28, 2014

Buy a domain and your personal details will be held in a giant database by a controversial nonprofit in California. …

September 22, 2014

This article originally appeared in Dot Nxt in 2013 (PDF: dotnxt_whois_review_article). It has been edited for republication. In May 2012, …

March 28, 2014

Last week, ICANN’s 49th meeting was all aflutter over the US Government statement, which offered to give up control over the …

March 18, 2014

Last Friday, the US Government released a surprise statement, apparently giving up control over the domain name root database – …