Hi all This week; Internet Governance Forum USA 2015, ICANN announcement on .AFRICA and ICANN CCWG Accountability meeting in Paris are among most commented topics in Internet Governance news. See below some articles relating to those topics and events as well as documents on cyberpolitics, WSIS + 10, domain name, etc... Regards IGF - USA The Internet Governance Forum for the United States 2015 https://cpj.org/events/2015/07/the-internet-governance-forum-for-the-united-states-2015.php Internet Governance Forum-USA (IGF-USA) On July 16, 2015 in Washington, DC http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/07/internet-governance-forum-usa-igf-usa-july-16-2015-washington-dc-attend Internet Governance Forum USA 2015 (IGF-USA) http://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-governance-forum-usa-2015-igf-usa-tickets-17577256046 Internet Governance Forum USA 2015: Multi-Stakeholder Governance https://storify.com/yangbodu/internet-governance-forum-usa-2015 ICANN ANNOUNCEMENT ON .AFRICA ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for .AFRICA https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#prclt-Col2m62z Independent Review Panel Finds in Favor of DCA Trust - Makes Recommendation to ICANN's Board to Resume Evaluation of DCA's Application https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-10-en New gTLD program thrown into chaos as ICANN loses .africa case http://domainincite.com/18944-new-gtld-program-thrown-into-chaos-as-icann-loses-africa-case Review Panel Chides ICANN Board, Government Reps http://www.bna.com/review-panel-chides-n17179933491/ Independent Review Panel Favored DotConnectAfrica Trust Against ICANN Ruling Over .Africa Domain http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150713_independent_review_panel_favored_dotconnectafrica_trust/ East Africa: DCA Trust Wins .Africa IRP, ICANN to Pay Over Kshs 60 Million in Costs http://allafrica.com/stories/201507141174.html Unredacted: ICANN's hidden role in fierce battle over .Africa rights http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/15/icann_dot_africa_review/ ICANN execs helped African Union win .africa — report http://domainincite.com/18970-icann-execs-helped-african-union-win-africa-report Did the African Union Commission really use a letter written by ICANN to express its support for ZA Central Registry’s .africa bid? http://domainincite.com/18982-read-that-controversial-africa-letter Having been slammed and embarrassed, ICANN tells the world: We’ve done nowt wrong http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/16/icann_africa_latest/ CCWG ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING CCWG ACCT Face to Face Meeting (17 - 18 July 2015) https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53778863 CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountability The CCWG: From Buenos Aires to Paris to Dublin https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-ccwg-from-buenos-aires-to-paris-to-dublin ICANN 53 - Guaranteeing Accountability in Internet Governance http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150714_icann_53_guaranteeing_accountability_in_internet_governance/ Will 2016 Politics Trump Bipartisan Support for the MSM and DOTCOM Act? http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150716_will_2016_politics_trump_bipartisan_support_for_msm_and_dotcom_act/ WSIS + 10 Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes by the United Nations General Assembly L2http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/submissionguidelines US Ambassador Sepulveda, World Summit on the Information Society http://www.expvc.com/2015/07/us-ambassador-sepulveda-world-summit-on.html DOMAIN NAME Where Has the Domain Name Growth Gone? http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150716_where_has_the_domain_name_growth_gone/ New gTLDs Are Great for Pump-and-Dumps, Phishes and More… http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150715_new_gtlds_are_great_for_pump_and_dumps_phishes_and_more/ United States and Canada Respond to ICANN’s Concerns over the “.sucks” Domain http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/united-states-and-canada-respond-to-94972/ Armenian script receives green light from ICANN https://www.armradio.am/en/2015/07/14/armenian-script-receives-green-light-from-icann/ Domain Privacy at Risk at the OECD in a Devious Move to Bypass ICANN https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/domain-privacy-risk-oecd-devious-move-bypass-icann Internet Regulation: New ICANN Proposal Would Eliminate Web Anonymity http://www.hngn.com/articles/108759/20150713/new-proposal-strike-web-s-anonymity.htm CYBERPOLITICS Cybersecurity and geopolitics are intertwined http://www.csoonline.com/article/2948026/cyber-attacks-espionage/looking-on-the-cybersecurity-through-the-prism-of-the-falling-global-economy.html The BRICS Summit: A Look at Some of the Issues http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shashi-tharoor/brics-summit_b_7769914.html Senior Web Official : U.S. can 'Shut Internet in any Country' (Correio do Brasil, Brazil) http://worldmeets.us/Correiodobrasil000001.shtml India’s Internet Diplomacy: Reading the Tea Leaves http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2015/07/14/indias-internet-diplomacy-reading-the-tea-leaves/ Democracy goes digital http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2015/07/11/free-the-words/democracy-goes-digital/278317.html EU “Police” Will Censor Internet to Fight “Extremism” http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/21250-eu-police-will-censor-internet-to-fight-extremism MORE NEWS The Future Of The Internet, According To Its Father http://www.popsci.com/vint-cerf-interplanetary-internet IPv4 Exhaustion, 5 Implications for Africa Running out Last http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150713_ipv4_exhaustion_5_implications_for_africa_running_out_last/ Increasing DNSSEC Adoption - What if We Put DNSSEC Provision in the Hands of Registries? http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150715_dnssec_adoption_puting_dnssec_provision_in_hands_of_registries/ Internet Society Brings African Diversity to AfPIF-2015 http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-brings-african-diversity-afpif-2015