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A Fight Over Crumbs: The AFRINIC crisis

AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa: a nonprofit, nongovernmental Internet governance organization. Like RIPE, ARIN, APNIC and LACNIC, it operates a registry for unique internet protocol (IP) […]

The Narrative: Crisis at Afrinic; Apple breaks privacy; GIFCT participation

Crisis at AFRINIC The African Network Information Centre (Afrinic), the African regional Internet registry (RIR) for IP addresses, has had its bank accounts frozen by court order, crippling its operations. […]

Why we need to start talking about neo-mercantilism

A forthcoming research paper from IGP examines the rise of trade barriers between the U.S. and China in the digital economy. (We presented a first draft of the research at […]

The Narrative: IGF plans; Lessons from fingering China; Reframing Intermediary Liability

IGP at UN Internet Governance Forum The UN Internet Governance Forum announced its draft schedule. The event will be held December 6 – 10; it is planned as a face […]

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Standardizing Security: Surveillance, Human Rights, and TLS 1.3

By Milton Mueller
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Challenging the Social Media Moral Panic: Preserving Free Expression under Hypertransparency

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The Hidden Standards War: Economic Factors Affecting IPv6 Deployment

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Sovereign RUnet: What Does it Mean?

By Ilona Stadnik
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Trade Regimes as a Tool for Cyber Policy

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Data Flows and the Digital Economy: Information as a Mobile Factor of Production

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