What is Canada doing about the dark side of social media?
As part of their ongoing investigation into the role of social media in Canadian society, Global News is reporting on both the actions an inactions…
Category: Policy
ICANN72 Has Concluded
ICANN has recently completed its latest general meeting and has released its policy outcomes. Among these were their updated GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee) Communique, which…
EU rule changes might unmask anonymous registrants
Online security magazine Info Security is reporting that proposed changes to domain rules in the European Union might force anonymous registrants to publish their data…
Epik warned of critical vulnerability weeks before hack
In the wake of the recent hack of domain registrar and hosting company Epik, Tech Crunch is reporting that a critical flaw in its software…
Domains now part of NFT craze
The recent trend of using music, art or text as NFTs (non-fungible tokens) has extended to the world of domains. Domains are probably the most…
Outrage over CRTC decision reversal
Smaller ISPs such as TekSavvy are protesting a recent decision by the CRTC to mandate lower wholesale internet rates, a decision seen as a giveaway…
Report: Facebook breach not reported to watchdog
The National Post is reporting that a recent Facebook breach was not reported to the federal privacy watchdog. Over the weekend, a cybersecurity expert revealed…
.com prices could rise for the first time in eight years
The Verge is reporting that ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is close to granting final approval for a a series of price…
Whatsapp Lays Down The Gauntlet — Share with Facebook or Lose Access!
TrustedReviews.com is reporting that the latest Terms of Service update for Whatsapp contains a remarkable new demand — allow the app to share data with…
ICANN69 Concludes General Meeting
ICANN69, ICANN’s regular general meeting, concluded earlier this month. Among the list of topics for the meeting were governance of the ccNSO (country-code names supporting…