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ICANN/UASG Campaign on Updated Internet Standards

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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 characters, Top-Level Domains (TLDs) longer than 3 characters (e.g. .ASIA, .онлайн, etc.) and corresponding email addresses (e.g. иван.сергеев@пример.рф, etc.) were introduced.
    • This is significant because it allows the creation of gTLDs in non-Latin scripts including Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, Tamil, and many others, meaning that native speakers of those languages will be able to use the Internet entirely in their language for the first time.
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Chapter submits contribution to the DCMS Consultation on regulatory proposals for Consumer IoT Security

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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 ——–

Subject: Consultation response from the UK Chapter of the Internet Society
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 01:00:10 +0100
From: Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>
To: securebydesign@culture.gov.uk
CC: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>

Dear Sir/Madam,

please be so kind to find the response from the UK Chapter of the Internet Society attached.… Read more ...

Events, News

DCMS Consultation on regulatory proposals for Consumer IoT Security (Webinar now available)

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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 includes *lots* of very interesting data as well as guidelines for labelling. Comments from outside the UK are encouraged too.
As a special treat to our members, the DCMS Secure by Design Team conducting the Consultation will be presenting a summary of the contents of the consultation and be able to answer any questions you might have in a Webinar organised by the UK Chapter of the Internet Society.… Read more ...

Events, News, Policy

UK Internet Governance Forum 2018 session recordings now available

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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. Participants found that this year’s edition was the best UK IGF so far.

The UK IGF has a steering committee and secretariat. The committee members can be found here and the secretariat function is provided by Nominet, the UK’s national domain name registry.… Read more ...

Events, Project

Workshop on Algorithmic awareness building for User Trust in online platforms

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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 results have come to dominant the online experiences of many users. Despite the ubiquity of their application however, awareness about algorithmic systems remains very low, and often confused.… Read more ...

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The Internet: to regulate or not to regulate? Internet Society UK Chapter responds to House of Lords Inquiry

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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 should the legal liability of online platforms be for the content that they host?

3. How effective, fair and transparent are online platforms in moderating content that they host?… Read more ...

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