NetMission Insight: Conflicts between states & the private sector over the possession of domain names

Written by Felicia Yunike (Edited by Jenna Fung) At the beginning of April, I felt privileged to host a webinar about “Trademark and Domain Names”. Not an easy topic to discuss but, throughout the session, we mostly talked about .amazon which I find quite phenomenal among other cases. In this regard, I would like to […]

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NetMission Insight: Diversity & Multistakeholder Participation

Written by Akram Rashid (Edited by Guntur Ramadhan) Diversity is a concept that encompasses acceptance and respect by recognizing and understanding each individuals’ uniqueness and differences. Multi-stakeholder is on a basic level participatory decision-making and data sharing at the national level. Key partners ought to be spoken to and choose what issues to center on […]

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NetMission Insight: Objection & Dispute Resolution @ICANN New gTLD Program

Written by Ahnaf Sadat Zakaria (Edited by Jenna Fung) ICANN stands for ‘The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number’. ICANN is an American multi stakeholder group and nonprofit organization (ICANN, 2019). It is responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the Internet. Its […]

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NetMission Insight: Gender Divide on the internet

Written by Shradha Pandey (Edited by Jenna Fung) The world is going through a transformation in the digital realm due to the exponential evolution of the internet. The internet plays a pivotal role in our social, technical, economic as well as political lives. This impact is multiplied with the inclusion of every additional user on […]

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NetMission Academy 2021: Result Announcement

The recruitment for NetMission Academy 2021 has closed earlier this month. We have received nearly 200 applications, with applicants from 20 economies. Thanks for all the submissions and for being interested in our program! After a long and competitive selection process, we are glad to announce the list of 50 successfully selected participants. Welcome, all these […]

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