CircleID: Featured Blogs

As the digital landscape continues to evolve at an accelerated pace, the role of end-user participation in Internet governance has never been more crucial. With the World Summit on the Informatio...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240426-internet-governance-and-end-user-engagement

at the end of 2023. LRG compiles most of these numbers from the statistics provided to stockholders, except for Cox and Mediacom - they now combine an estimate for both companies. Leichtman says ...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240426-us-cable-tv-industrys-rapid-decline-continues

Over the next two years, several global dialogues about our shared digital future are taking place -- and big changes could be in the cards. An intensive series of negotiations will see United Na...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240422-technical-community-must-engage-in-support-of-multistakeholderism

In today's digital age, the Internet is a ubiquitous presence in our lives, playing a pivotal role in how we communicate, work, learn, and entertain ourselves. However, the convenience and benefi...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240421-the-hidden-costs-of-digital-convenience

The EU has once again turned its attention to domain name registration data (WHOIS) -- this time reinforcing requirements to collect, maintain, verify, and disclose WHOIS for IP enforcement purpo...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240416-new-eu-whois-verification-recommendations-take-center-stage

The U.S. Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ("ACPA") is a federal law -- part of the Lanham Act that deals with trademarks and unfair competition. It says that a person can be liable if h...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240415-does-renewing-domain-name-count-as-registering-under-acpa

It's incredibly hard to keep things private in the new digital age. There are far too many stories circulating about people who talked to a friend on the phone or texted about something and almos...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240415-the-rise-of-wifi-sensing-and-its-implications-for-home-security-and-surveillance

I've read several articles coming out of the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain, and one of the common threads is that there was a lot of talk about 5.5G (or 5G Advanced) - the ...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240410-another-g-generation-the-promise-of-5.5g

On 29 March 2024, an announcement was posted notifying the world that the Open-Source Software (OSS) package "xz-utils," which includes the xz data compression program and a library of software r...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240408-the-xz-liblzma-vulnerability

During CSG Open Working Session at ICANN79, Members from the ICANN Community were invited to an open meeting to share their experiences with Registration Data Request System (RDRS) from the Reque...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240405-meeting-report-icanns-registration-data-request-service-requestor-experiences

In the digital era's transformative landscape, the intersection of Internet Governance and Sustainable Development emerges as a focal point for global discourse. It is widely recognized that the ...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240405-from-connectivity-to-sustainability-the-role-of-internet-governance-in-realizing-the-sdgs

In 2021, the story was price. In 2022, the story was price and large block supply. The story in 2023 is decline -- but with a notable caveat. Spurred by unprecedented unit pricing, the North Amer...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240404-the-2023-ipv4-market-in-north-america

The most contentious issue throughout negotiations was that of scope—whether the Convention would cover the private sector at all, and if so, to what extent. Leaks of the negotiations and comme...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240404-the-worldas-first-treaty-on-ai-our-thoughts-and-the-way-forward

Today's blog talks about a critical part of the broadband network that most people don't know about -- carrier hotels. These are locations that have been created for the specific purpose of allow...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240403-carrier-hotels-the-unsung-critical-part-of-broadband-connectivity

The unveiling of the Global Digital Compact's (GDC) zero draft on April 1, 2024, heralds a critical juncture in the quest to frame a digital future that is equitable, secure, and human-centered. ...

https://circleid.com/posts/20240403-the-global-digital-compact-and-the-future-of-digital-governance