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Meeting invitation: NARALO Monthly Call on Monday, 12 May 2025 at 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025

Dear All, The next NARALO Monthly call is scheduled for Monday, 12 May 2025 at 19:00 UTC 60 minutes. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/yesp8ny3 The agenda and call details can be found at: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/BgDtDg *****ZOOM ONLY**** Zoom Link: https://icann.zoom.us/j/93943824033?pwd=3MdpRyg17I5NgrgV6RWSuptAecgXGu.1 Password: WB.gBxzB!2 NARALO Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/N5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Session today by Diplo Foundation on the 100 days of Pres. Trump
by Glenn McKnight April 30, 2025

April 30, 2025

Here is Dr. Jovan Kurbalija <https://www.diplomacy.edu/people/jovan-kurbalija/> analysis https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/tech-continuity-in-president-trumps-first-10… Here is the recording from today https://www.youtube.com/live/j6JwkSgSMqQ?si=yzpMYbyeCdotWA5O Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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NARALO Monthly Call
by ICANN Policy Calendar April 28, 2025

April 28, 2025

Dear All, The next NARALO Monthly call is scheduled for Monday, 12 May 2025 at 19:00 UTC 60 minutes. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/yesp8ny3 The agenda and call details can be found at: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/BgDtDg *****ZOOM ONLY**** Zoom Link: https://icann.zoom.us/j/93943824033?pwd=3MdpRyg17I5NgrgV6RWSuptAecgXGu.1 Password: WB.gBxzB!2 NARALO Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/N5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Presentation by Leslie Daigel of Global Cyber Alliance
by Glenn McKnight April 28, 2025

April 28, 2025

Keynote today at ARIN 55 Strengthing Internet Security https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/vusm/ Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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Recordings of NARALO UA Day
by Glenn McKnight April 28, 2025

April 28, 2025

Hi All Please see the three recordings in Spanish( Moderator Adrian Schmidt), French (Moderated by Rookayya) and English ( Moderated by Glenn) Special thanks to Louis Houle who provided his leadership in all three sessions and vision to focus on Indigenous Languages in the three sessions. *Recording 1:* https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/kqSU5XZ7lbJEiBcpJOmNk3KfDqq_TFLldT411gjCWu5… Passcode: JCg$X7=H+W *Recording 2:* https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/kqSU5XZ7lbJEiBcpJOmNk3KfDqq_TFLldT411gjCWu5… Passcode: JCg$X7=H+W *Recording 3:* https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/kqSU5XZ7lbJEiBcpJOmNk3KfDqq_TFLldT411gjCWu5… Passcode: JCg$X7=H+W Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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The lost UA decade
by Evan Leibovitch April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025

Hi all, I have read a number of the emails and watched portions of all three of the recordings done for the UA Day. They are professionally done and content-rich. But I must ask the participants... How effective is your message? It is now 10 years since the UASG was formed, and yet apparently UA Day still has to be done. The message of the last 10 years has been refined but its essence remains unchanged. And one may wonder if there will still be a need for UA Days in 2035. In other emails I have described UA as an "orgy of futility". Here I will attempt to explain myself, and to suggest how the substantial talent involved in UA could more-effectively accomplish its objective. *1. PERSPECTIVE AND PROGRESS* UA is internationalization (abbreviated in geek world as i18n) through the lens of only two facets of the Internet: domain names and email addresses. As the Internet progresses these two functions are declining in importance as the world has discovered other uses that have filled in the accessibility gaps. I spent two years working for UNHCR, bringing Internet connectivity to refugee camps. The ability to connect to others and access the Internet, these days, is now 100% a challenge of physical infrastructure and less of the ability to communicate once connected. Email isn't even known in many environments -- including Gen Z in the west -- bypassed in favour of chat platforms such as WhatsApp and WeChat which support full Unicode. Every phone for sale in the markets of the Dadaab camp came preloaded with Facebook and WhatsApp -- along with SMS-based mobile banking few people needed more, and their language of choice was easily accommodated by the platform (if not the keyboard, but UA isn't about hardware). Sometimes people use a browser, using internet searches rather than typing in URLs. With users being able to perform Internet searches in their local script, does it matter to THEM if the search results go to a URL (often hidden anyways) that looks like digital nonsense? They typed in their search and clicked on the result. They got to where they needed, using the scripts they knew. Exactly what needs fixing? As for email, its current paradigm is understandable if not fully convenient, and really is no different from the paradigm for postal mail which is more than 150 years old. The *contents *of your letter can be in any script you want, but the *address* on the envelope has to be written using a universal script so it can be processed by intermediaries. I'm really not sure that the substantial effort being used to address this will ever bear fruit, especially since email is increasingly limited to formal functions while casual conversations move to chat. It is IMO quite disingenuous -- and a little arrogant -- to assert in 2025 that UA is at all about Internet accessibility. The billions who have access to physical connectivity today are having no problems talking to each other, using every script available in Unicode (including the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and the Cherokee Syllabary). They're just not using email or domain names. The main impediment to accessibility is connectivity; were ICANN serious about accessibility issues it would be contributing to the enhancement of physical infrastructure. *2. WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?* I have been puzzled for years, wondering who is the intended target audience for the message of UA. All this talent, all this wisdom is being recorded to be seen and acted upon by ... whom? Most Internet users are powerless to affect any of the technical infrastructure solutions necessary to support 8-bit Internet domains and email addresses worldwide. Awareness might be good, but no actual ability to enable UA exists amongst the masses. It strikes me that there are only four entities who matter: Google, Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo, the companies who (vastly) dominate email. Convince them through direct contact and the problem is solved thanks to their combined clout. This is a task that requires subtle diplomacy and lobbying, not public sessions broadcast to the void. (I find it ironic that "public" sessions to advance UA are password-protected -- why?) Equally intriguing by this messaging is the path NOT taken; International Standards. Why has ICANN never (to my knowledge) advanced UA at the ISO? That body is ALL ABOUT international consistency. Its processes are slow and bureaucratic, but had a UA initiative started there in 2015 (supported by the GAC) it might have been implemented as a standard by now. Had ICANN gone the path of IETF the change -- and the standard -- would have come even quicker. It may be too late to start that now. Much happens at Internet (and now AI) speed. By the time the ISO might create an IDN standard, email and domain names may have become legacy. The strategic blunder of not going the standards and quiet diplomacy path at the start may have doomed UA, in which case this year's UA day will be not more effective than last year's and no less effective than next year's. It's your volunteer time. Spend it wisely. None of us is getting younger. -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch / @el56

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Protecting yourself
by Glenn McKnight April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025

Hi All If you intend to travel to the upcoming ARIN meeting in Charlotte, NC soon you want to read this article from Wired to protect yourself 1. How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-… Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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**TODAY 16:00 UTC **CYBERSECURITY AND INTERNET GOVERNANCE ** / Meeting invitation: ALAC-GAC Regulatory Developments Briefing Series on Thursday, 24 April 2025 at 16:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025

ALAC & GAC Regulatory Developments Briefing “Regulatory Approaches to Cybersecurity and Internet Governance: Practical Insights on DNS Abuse, Cross-Border Data Access under the Budapest Convention, and the UN Cybercrime Convention” Guest Speaker: Jan Kralik, Programme Manager, Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe Please join us and spread the word! REGISTER for ZOOM: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/BRIV7daPR7WDJZDX-GXOow [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/BRIV7daPR…> Interpretation (integrated via zoom) English, Español, Français Dear All, On behalf of the ALAC & GAC Leadership, we are pleased to announce our third Regulatory Developments Briefing Series on “Regulatory Approaches to Cybersecurity and Internet Governance: Practical Insights on DNS Abuse, Cross-Border Data Access under the Budapest Convention, and the UN Cybercrime Convention (with Jan Kralik, Programme Manager, Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe)”, scheduled on Thursday, 24 April 2025 at 16:00 UTC. This session will offer expert perspectives on regulatory efforts addressing DNS abuse and cybercrime, with a focus on cross-border access to data under the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention and ongoing negotiations of the UN Cybercrime Convention. The discussion aims to provide a practical outlook on current developments at the intersection of cybersecurity and Internet governance. Other times: https://tinyurl.com/2p8nhruu [tinyurl.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tinyurl.com/2p8nhruu__;!!PtGJab4!5TQE9wG…> Agenda: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/EwCJDQ [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/EwC…> Please register for the webinar via this link: Zoom Registration Link: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/BRIV7daPR7WDJZDX-GXOow [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/BRIV7daPR…> These briefing sessions will be held monthly and provide a valuable platform to discuss key regulatory and geopolitical developments and foster collaboration across regions. Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org [atlarge.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/atlarge.icann.org/__;!!PtGJab4!5TQE9wG9K…> Facebook: facebook.com/icann [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.facebook.com/icannatlarge__;!!PtGJab…>atlarge [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.facebook.com/icannatlarge__;!!PtGJab…> Twitter: @ [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge__;!!PtGJab4!5TQ…>ICANNAtLarge [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge__;!!PtGJab4!5TQ…>

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Internet Governance the end of Multi-stakeholderism in Circle ID
by Glenn McKnight April 23, 2025

April 23, 2025

https://circleid.com/posts/internet-governance-the-end-of-multi-stakeholder… Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*

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REMINDER / Meeting invitation: ALAC-GAC Regulatory Developments Briefing Series on Thursday, 24 April 2025 at 16:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025

Please join us and spread the word! REGISTER for ZOOM: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/BRIV7daPR7WDJZDX-GXOow Interpretation (integrated via zoom) English, Español, Français Dear All, On behalf of the ALAC & GAC Leadership, we are pleased to announce our third Regulatory Developments Briefing Series on “Regulatory Approaches to Cybersecurity and Internet Governance: Practical Insights on DNS Abuse, Cross-Border Data Access under the Budapest Convention, and the UN Cybercrime Convention (with Jan Kralik, Programme Manager, Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe)”, scheduled on Thursday, 24 April 2025, at 16:00 UTC. This session will offer expert perspectives on regulatory efforts addressing DNS abuse and cybercrime, with a focus on cross-border access to data under the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention and ongoing negotiations of the UN Cybercrime Convention. The discussion aims to provide a practical outlook on current developments at the intersection of cybersecurity and Internet governance. Other times: https://tinyurl.com/2p8nhruu Agenda: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/EwCJDQ Please register for the webinar via this link: Zoom Registration Link: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/BRIV7daPR7WDJZDX-GXOow These briefing sessions will be held monthly and provide a valuable platform to discuss key regulatory and geopolitical developments and foster collaboration across regions. Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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