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Senator Cruz’ ICANN Witch-hunt In Full [Video]

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If you've got about 3 hours to spare you can watch the hearing about the IANA transition that was held earlier today. The witnesses' written testimony can be accessed here. Here's the full video of the hearing, which is in two parts: It's worth watching, with some of the highlights in the first part being Senator Cruz alleging that the NTIA staff broke the law and … [Read more...] about Senator Cruz’ ICANN Witch-hunt In Full [Video]

Cruz Is Protecting Your Internet Freedom (Apparently)

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Senator Cruz' crusade against ICANN and the US Government has included plenty of references to "freedom" and how ICANN is in bed with enemies of the US and the world. His latest video underlines this and, like his speeches, is very artfully done, even if it's all based on a false premise. Enjoy or cringe. Your call: https://youtu.be/NSBfboaDZF0   … [Read more...] about Cruz Is Protecting Your Internet Freedom (Apparently)

Cruz’ Speech To Senate 8 September 2016

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The US Senate provides full transcripts of all speeches, though there's a delay of a day or so between a speech being read and the transcript being published. So here's the full transcript of Senator Ted Cruz' speech on the IANA transition from last week (source): "Mr. President, today our country faces a threat to the Internet as we know it. In 22 short days, if Congress … [Read more...] about Cruz’ Speech To Senate 8 September 2016

Cruz’ Crusade Against IANA Transition Continues With Senate Hearing

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Senator Cruz' against the IANA transition will continue next week with a senate hearing next week. The hearing is entitled: Protecting Internet Freedom: Implications of Ending U.S. Oversight of the Internet. While the hearing is being chaired by Cruz no indication of who else will be speaking has been made public so far. In a press release from Cruz' offices earlier … [Read more...] about Cruz’ Crusade Against IANA Transition Continues With Senate Hearing

How Diverse Is ICANN? New Study Explores Organisation’s Makeup

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ICANN is a strange beast. Even the term "ICANN", which is itself an acronym, has more than one meaning. There are at least two "ICANNs", one is the "community", which is made up of everyone who engages with the ICANN "circus" and then there is ICANN the organisation itself - a California not-for-profit. While people outside the internet industry probably have never heard of … [Read more...] about How Diverse Is ICANN? New Study Explores Organisation’s Makeup

Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter

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Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (and others) has sent yet another letter to ICANN. This time round the letter is addressed both to the Chairman of the ICANN Board, Dr Steve Crocker, as well as to former CEO Fadi Chehadé. The letter (below) repeats some of the questions previously put to ICANN, though the wording is much blunter this time round. Cruz' office … [Read more...] about Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter

Kids.us Goes The Way of the Dodo

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.Kids.us is one of those domain extensions that sounds like a good idea, but when you look at it a bit more closely you end up having more questions than answers. Essentially the domain extension was designed to be a safe internet space for "kid friendly" content, but the restrictions on registration were incredibly tight. How many .kids.us domains were registered? No idea, but … [Read more...] about Kids.us Goes The Way of the Dodo