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Organizers nix January in-person event. It’s been a tough couple of years for live event organizers due to the coronavirus. The last in-person NamesCon event was in January 2020. Some people canceled at the last minute due to the burgeoning virus; there were several cancellations from China. But the mood was generally upbeat with the […]
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August 18, 2021 Andrew Allemann
coronavirus
ICANN has been told that it risks disenfranchising community members from outside the US if it goes ahead with a return to in-person meetings at ICANN 72 in Seattle this October. APAC Space, a group comprising participants from the Asia-Pacific region,...
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July 8, 2021 Kevin Murphy
apac space, coronavirus, Domain Policy, icann 72, pandemic
The struggles of remote working during unsociable hours and the possibility of a return to partially in-person meetings for Seattle in October were the subject of lots of well-deserved debate at the virtual ICANN 71 public meeting last week, but in rea...
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June 22, 2021 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, covid-19, Domain Policy, icann 71, icann 72, pandemic
A majority of ICANN community members want a return to in-person meetings as soon as possible, and overwhelmingly don’t care how many pandemic-related restrictions are put in place to get it done. That’s according to the results of an onlin...
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June 16, 2021 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, covid-19, Domain Policy, icann 72, pandemic
The odds of a return to in-person ICANN meetings this year is “fifty-fifty”, but the Org has no plans to introduce so-called “vaccine passports” to hasten the process. That’s what emerged during a session at ICANN 70, the ...
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March 24, 2021 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, Domain Policy, icann 70, icann 71, icann 72, pandemic, zoom
ICANN has called off plans to conduct its 71st public meeting in the Netherlands this June. Blaming the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the risk to safety and travel restrictions, ICANN confirmed last week that the venue will again be Zoom, rather than T...
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March 15, 2021 Kevin Murphy
cancun, coronavirus, Domain Policy, icann 71, pandemic, The Hague, zoom
It may not make up for the lack of sun, sea, sand and sexual abstinence, but the ICANN 70 meeting, taking place this month on Zoom instead of Cancun, Mexico, does have a few new enticements that may tickle your fancy. It’s also beginning to look ...
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March 10, 2021 Kevin Murphy
cancun, coronavirus, Domain Policy, icann 70, icann 71, pandemic, schwag, The Hague, zoom
GoDaddy has apologized to its staff after teasing them with a $650 Christmas bonus that turned out to be nothing but a test of whether they could be duped into handing over their sensitive personal info. Employees worldwide reportedly received emails p...
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December 28, 2020 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, Domain Registrars, pandemic, phishing
ICANN still hasn’t formally cancelled its public meeting in Cancun, Mexico next March, but it appears to be planning for scheduled in-person gatherings to not resume until the fourth quarter of next year. While nobody in their right mind seems to...
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December 22, 2020 Kevin Murphy
cancun, coronavirus, covid-19, Domain Policy, icann 70, icann 71, icann 72, pandemic, The Hague
Nominet suspended thousands fewer suspected criminal domains in 2020 than last year, according to the registry’s latest annual update. For the 12 months to the end of October, Nominet took down 22,158 domains, is down from 28,937 in the year-ago ...
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December 1, 2020 Kevin Murphy
.UK, coronavirus, covid-19, crime, Domain Registries, pandemic, suspensions, takedowns