Hi ! Sorry for any cross posting ... Cheers ! -Olévié- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mamadou LO <alfamamadou@hotmail.com> Date: 2015-07-17 17:00 GMT+02:00 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Weekly web review : IGF-USA, .AFRICA, CCWG Accountability meeting, WSIS+10, Cyberpolitics... To: "africann@afrinic.net" <africann@afrinic.net> Hi all This week; Internet Governance Forum USA 2015, ICANN announcement on .AFRICA and ICANN CCWG Accountability meeting in Paris are among most commented topics in Internet Governance news. See below some articles relating to those topics and events as well as documents on cyberpolitics, WSIS + 10, domain name, etc... Regards *IGF - USA* The Internet Governance Forum for the United States 2015 https://cpj.org/events/2015/07/the-internet-governance-forum-for-the-united-... Internet Governance Forum-USA (IGF-USA) On July 16, 2015 in Washington, DC http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/07/internet-governanc... Internet Governance Forum USA 2015 (IGF-USA) http://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-governance-forum-usa-2015-igf-usa-ticke... Internet Governance Forum USA 2015: Multi-Stakeholder Governance https://storify.com/yangbodu/internet-governance-forum-usa-2015 *ICANN ANNOUNCEMENT ON .AFRICA* ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for .AFRICA https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#prclt-Col2m62z Independent Review Panel Finds in Favor of DCA Trust - Makes Recommendation to ICANN's Board to Resume Evaluation of DCA's Application https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-10-en New gTLD program thrown into chaos as ICANN loses .africa case <http://domainincite.com/18944-new-gtld-program-thrown-into-chaos-as-icann-lo...> http://domainincite.com/18944-new-gtld-program-thrown-into-chaos-as-icann-lo... Review Panel Chides ICANN Board, Government Reps http://www.bna.com/review-panel-chides-n17179933491/ Independent Review Panel Favored DotConnectAfrica Trust Against ICANN Ruling Over .Africa Domain <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150713_independent_review_panel_favored_dotc...> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150713_independent_review_panel_favored_dotc... East Africa: DCA Trust Wins .Africa IRP, ICANN to Pay Over Kshs 60 Million in Costs http://allafrica.com/stories/201507141174.html <http://allafrica.com/stories/201507141174.html> Unredacted: ICANN's hidden role in fierce battle over .Africa rights http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/15/icann_dot_africa_review/ ICANN execs helped African Union win .africa — report <http://domainincite.com/18970-icann-execs-helped-african-union-win-africa-re...> http://domainincite.com/18970-icann-execs-helped-african-union-win-africa-re... Did the African Union Commission really use a letter written by ICANN to express its support for ZA Central Registry’s .africa bid? http://domainincite.com/18982-read-that-controversial-africa-letter Having been slammed and embarrassed, ICANN tells the world: We’ve done nowt wrong http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/16/icann_africa_latest/ *CCWG ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING* CCWG ACCT Face to Face Meeting (17 - 18 July 2015) https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53778863 CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability <https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Ac...> https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Ac... The CCWG: From Buenos Aires to Paris to Dublin https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-ccwg-from-buenos-aires-to-paris-to-dubli... ICANN 53 - Guaranteeing Accountability in Internet Governance <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150714_icann_53_guaranteeing_accountability_...> <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150714_icann_53_guaranteeing_accountability_...> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150714_icann_53_guaranteeing_accountability_... Will 2016 Politics Trump Bipartisan Support for the MSM and DOTCOM Act? http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150716_will_2016_politics_trump_bipartisan_s... *WSIS + 10* Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes by the United Nations General Assembly L2http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/submissionguidelines <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/submissionguidelines> US Ambassador Sepulveda, World Summit on the Information Society http://www.expvc.com/2015/07/us-ambassador-sepulveda-world-summit-on.html *DOMAIN NAME* Where Has the Domain Name Growth Gone? <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150716_where_has_the_domain_name_growth_gone...> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150716_where_has_the_domain_name_growth_gone... New gTLDs Are Great for Pump-and-Dumps, Phishes and More… <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150715_new_gtlds_are_great_for_pump_and_dump...> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150715_new_gtlds_are_great_for_pump_and_dump... United States and Canada Respond to ICANN’s Concerns over the “.sucks” Domain http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/united-states-and-canada-respond-to-94972/ Armenian script receives green light from ICANN <https://www.armradio.am/en/2015/07/14/armenian-script-receives-green-light-f...> https://www.armradio.am/en/2015/07/14/armenian-script-receives-green-light-f... Domain Privacy at Risk at the OECD in a Devious Move to Bypass ICANN https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/domain-privacy-risk-oecd-devious-move-... Internet Regulation: New ICANN Proposal Would Eliminate Web Anonymity http://www.hngn.com/articles/108759/20150713/new-proposal-strike-web-s-anony... *CYBERPOLITICSCybersecurity and geopolitics are intertwinedhttp://www.csoonline.com/article/2948026/cyber-attacks-espionage/looking-on-... <http://www.csoonline.com/article/2948026/cyber-attacks-espionage/looking-on-the-cybersecurity-through-the-prism-of-the-falling-global-economy.html>The BRICS Summit: A Look at Some of the Issueshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/shashi-tharoor/brics-summit_b_7769914.html <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shashi-tharoor/brics-summit_b_7769914.html>Senior Web Official : U.S. can 'Shut Internet in any Country' (Correio do Brasil, Brazil)http://worldmeets.us/Correiodobrasil000001.shtml <http://worldmeets.us/Correiodobrasil000001.shtml>India’s Internet Diplomacy: Reading the Tea Leaveshttp://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2015/07/14/indias-internet-diplomacy-reading-the-... <http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2015/07/14/indias-internet-diplomacy-reading-the-tea-leaves/>Democracy goes digital http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2015/07/11/free-the-words/democr... <http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2015/07/11/free-the-words/democracy-goes-digital/278317.html>EU “Police” Will Censor Internet to Fight “Extremism” http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/21250-eu-police-will-ce... <http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/21250-eu-police-will-censor-internet-to-fight-extremism>MORE NEWS* The Future Of The Internet, According To Its Father http://www.popsci.com/vint-cerf-interplanetary-internet IPv4 Exhaustion, 5 Implications for Africa Running out Last <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150713_ipv4_exhaustion_5_implications_for_af...> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150713_ipv4_exhaustion_5_implications_for_af... Increasing DNSSEC Adoption - What if We Put DNSSEC Provision in the Hands of Registries? <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150715_dnssec_adoption_puting_dnssec_provisi...> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150715_dnssec_adoption_puting_dnssec_provisi... Internet Society Brings African Diversity to AfPIF-2015 http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-brings-african-diversit... _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI Président/CEO de INTIC4DEV (http:www.intic4dev.org) Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT sarl (Editeur de logiciels de gestion SIGE (Syscoa/Ohada) SG de ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC ( http://www.estetic.tg) ICANN-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.icann.org/ et http://www.npoc.org/) Membre du FOSSFA (www.fossfa.net) et Membre de de Internet Society ( www.isoc.org) BP : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo