The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) which has been working to facilitate that all domain names and corresponding email addresses work in all applications, has asked for this community’s help to voluntarily spread the word about Universal Acceptance. The Group includes Apple, Google, ICANN and Microsoft. So what is “Universal Acceptance”? Since 2010, non-Latin...
Read more →The UK Chapter has responded to the consultation on regulatory proposals for consumer IoT launched last month by the UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. For more information about the consultation, you can see the Webinar which the Chapter has arranged with DCMS. The Chapter’s response is here: ——– Forwarded Message...
Read more →A significant announcement has been made last week by DCMS as a follow-up to the Secure by Design UK Government Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security. As mentioned in prior emails, ETSI has launched Technical Specification 103 645 – and all details about this are included in the email below. This new consultation...
Read more →Following on from an open call for agenda items, the 2018 UK-IGF was held on Thursday 22nd November. This year’s UK-Internet Governance Forum meeting focused on Solutions for The Digital Age. Over 110 participants attended this annual meeting, the 11th since the first UK Internet Governance Forum in 2008, then the world’s first National IGF....
Read more →Algorithmic awareness building for User Trust in online platforms Time: Friday, November 30th 2018, 18:00 to 20:30 (UTC), London Place: Cloudflare offices, 25 Lavington Street, Southwark, London (link to Google Map) Topic As part of the increasingly personalised service offering of online platforms, algorithmic systems such as personalised product recommendations, news feeds and search...
Read more →The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications has recently launched an inquiry to investigate the regulation of the Internet. This inquiry seeks to take an holistic approach to the question of Internet regulation. Questions asked are: 1. Is there a need to introduce specific regulation for the internet? Is it desirable or possible? 2. What...
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