Policy/Legislation

A Dutch hosting company is evading justice for almost 20 because it is almost impossible to prove malicious intent. The company is allegedly facilitating illegal activities, including child...

The Board of Directors for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers announced that the ICANN71 Policy Forum, which was scheduled to be held in The Hague,...

Intel signed an agreement with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to perform its Data Protection in Virtual Environments (DPRIVE) program. This program’s main goal is to develop...

Public Interest Registry, the registry for .org domains, announced the launch of DNS Abuse Institute. The institute aims to protect Internet users from the threat of DNS Abuse...

VeriSign announced financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31. The company also announced that the price of .com domain name registration and...

ICANN announced that the Brussels office is hosting a webinar briefing for European stakeholders. The online meeting is being held on 26 February, 15:30 UTC. In the event,...

Eurid, the registry manager of .eu domain names, announced that thousands of .eu domain name owners in the U.K. whose websites and email addresses are still suspended since...

According to a statement, shared by Parler's CEO, John Matze, he is fired by the board. According to his statement sent to employees, the Parler board controlled by...

WhatsApp has rolled out a new security feature for WhatsApp Web and Desktop. The company has announced this new security feature on Twitter. The popular online messaging app...

Google announced its decision to ban Camerfirma certificates after the company was given more than a month to explain 26 incidents related to its certificate-issuance process. The ban...

Lotto Sport filed a cybersquatting dispute under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) against David Dent’s domain names LottoStore.com and LottoWorks.com. Lotto Sport is a sportswear...

After Apple and Google, Amazon also banned “free speech” social network Parler from its web hosting service for violating rules on January 11, 2021. The conservative social network...

WhatsApp published its new privacy policy last week. As part of the Facebook Companies, WhatsApp was forcing its users outside of the EU to agree to share their...

GoDaddy booted one of the biggest gun site and forum AR15.com because of certain content on AR15.com last Monday. In the following two days, AR15.com posted a tweet...

After Apple and Google, Amazon also banned "free speech" social network Parler.com from its web hosting service for violating rules last weekend. Amazon has suspended the company from...

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the cyber-attacks have diversified, and data security is getting more important. Therefore, companies need to focus on cybersecurity protocols to protect privacy and data....

As part of the Facebook Companies, WhatsApp is forcing its users outside of the EU to agree to share their information with Facebook starting early February 2021 with...

EURid announced that the organization has notified by email all UK registrants and their registrars that as of 1 January 2021 their domain name is no longer compliant...

DigitalOcean has joined the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative for CDN and Cloud Providers to reduce common routing security threats. The initiative outlines actions network...

A French regulator, the CNIL’s restricted committee, which is responsible for imposing sanctions, fined the company Amazon Europe Core and Google 155 million Euro for having placed advertising...

auDA unveils new rules for .au domains, following approval by the auDA Board at its 10 November 2020 meeting. The new rules will come into effect on 12...