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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/policy_regulation</link>
  <description>CircleID - Policy & Regulation</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-06-08T08:54:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[Cybercriminals are Driving Significant Domain Name Market Demand]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/cybercriminals&#45;are&#45;driving&#45;significant&#45;domain&#45;name&#45;market&#45;demand</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cybercriminals are becoming a major force in the domain-name market, driving an estimated one-fifth of new gTLD registrations in 2025 and exposing how commercial incentives, weak enforcement, and scale continue to fuel online abuse.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-08T01:54:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the AI Computing Paradigm Is Deconstructing Internet Governance]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/how&#45;the&#45;ai&#45;computing&#45;paradigm&#45;is&#45;deconstructing&#45;internet&#45;governance</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As AI giants build vertically integrated, compute-centric networks, they are bypassing DNS, reshaping routing, and concentrating infrastructure power, placing decades-old internet governance institutions under mounting pressure and raising the prospect of a fragmented, AI-driven Splinternet.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-08T01:20:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[UDRP Review Is a Test of the MSM]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/udrp&#45;review&#45;is&#45;a&#45;test&#45;of&#45;the&#45;msm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As ICANN confronts a harsher geopolitical era, its long-delayed review of the UDRP has become a defining test of whether the multistakeholder model can still deliver legitimate, effective Internet governance and sustain confidence in its future.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-05T05:31:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Online Unregulated Peptide Sales Should Be Banned]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/online&#45;unregulated&#45;peptide&#45;sales&#45;should&#45;be&#45;banned</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Canada's online pharmacy industry is urging a ban on unregulated peptide sales, warning that products marketed for weight loss, bodybuilding and other uses pose serious health risks, evade regulatory oversight, and are increasingly sold online without prescriptions.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-05T04:09:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Internet, Artificial Intelligence and the UN: How different is AI Governance from Internet Governance?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/internet&#45;artificial&#45;intelligence&#45;and&#45;the&#45;un&#45;how&#45;different&#45;is&#45;ai&#45;governance&#45;from&#45;internet&#45;governance</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the UN turns to AI governance, old lessons from internet governance loom large: multistakeholder rules matter, but sharper risks, geopolitical rivalry and machine autonomy make consensus harder and more urgent than before for all.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-31T11:39:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Africa&#8217;s Data Sovereignty Is Not About Where Data Lives: It Is About Who Controls It]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/africaas&#45;data&#45;sovereignty&#45;is&#45;not&#45;about&#45;where&#45;data&#45;lives&#45;it&#45;is&#45;about&#45;who&#45;controls&#45;it</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Africa's data sovereignty debate focuses too heavily on where information is stored. Real sovereignty depends on control of cloud platforms, encryption, identity systems, and critical digital infrastructure that determine resilience, autonomy, and strategic power.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-31T11:06:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Starlink and Amazon Could Gain Access to Europe&#8217;s Satellite Airwaves]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/starlink&#45;and&#45;amazon&#45;could&#45;gain&#45;access&#45;to&#45;europes&#45;satellite&#45;airwaves</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The European Union plans to reserve most future satellite spectrum for regional firms while still allowing Starlink and Amazon to compete, reflecting Brussels' attempt to balance technological sovereignty with market openness in a strategically sensitive communications sector.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-27T12:19:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fake Domains, Real Harm: The Data Behind India&#8217;s DNS Abuse Crisis]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/fake&#45;domains&#45;real&#45;harm&#45;the&#45;data&#45;behind&#45;indias&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;crisis</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[New data on DNS abuse reveals most malicious domains remain active beyond 24 hours, while a handful of registrars host the bulk of infrastructure, leaving India's population of first-generation internet users uniquely exposed to fraud.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-27T12:00:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[dotBrand Domains as Trust Infrastructure in the Age of AI]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dotbrand&#45;domains&#45;as&#45;trust&#45;infrastructure&#45;in&#45;the&#45;age&#45;of&#45;ai</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As AI agents automate phishing, impersonation and domain abuse at machine scale, the Brand Registry Group argues that dotBrand domains are evolving from marketing assets into trust infrastructure underpinning cybersecurity, identity and interactions across the internet.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-27T11:48:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time Sovereignty: Internet Policy and Defense Frameworks for Critical Infrastructure Synchronization Under Geopolitical Conflict]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/time&#45;sovereignty&#45;internet&#45;policy&#45;and&#45;defense&#45;frameworks&#45;for&#45;critical&#45;infrastructure&#45;synchronization&#45;under&#45;geopolitical&#45;conflict</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As power grids depend on microsecond precision, states must treat time synchronization as sovereign infrastructure, hardening satellite, fiber and orbital defenses against hybrid attacks that could trigger catastrophic blackouts through resilient sovereign time defense frameworks.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-26T08:49:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cavalry Has Finally Arrived: ICANN Enters the Courtroom to Defend the RIR System]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;cavalry&#45;has&#45;finally&#45;arrived&#45;icann&#45;enters&#45;the&#45;courtroom&#45;to&#45;defend&#45;the&#45;rir&#45;system</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's court intervention in AFRINIC's winding-up case widens a local corporate dispute into a global Internet governance test, exposing weaknesses in RIR protections and strengthening calls for ICP-2 reforms to safeguard registry continuity.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-22T08:06:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Africa Is Becoming a Real World Test Environment for AI Governance]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/africa&#45;is&#45;becoming&#45;a&#45;real&#45;world&#45;test&#45;environment&#45;for&#45;ai&#45;governance</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Africa is rapidly emerging as a critical testing ground for AI governance, where fast adoption, evolving digital ecosystems, and uneven institutional readiness are exposing regulatory gaps with global implications.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-21T12:17:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Facilitation Without Responsibility: ICANN and the Missing Warning Question - Part 3 of 3]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/facilitation&#45;without&#45;responsibility&#45;icann&#45;and&#45;the&#45;missing&#45;warning&#45;question&#45;part&#45;3&#45;of&#45;3</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/facilitation&#45;without&#45;responsibility&#45;icann&#45;and&#45;the&#45;missing&#45;warning&#45;question&#45;part&#45;3&#45;of&#45;3</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's AFRINIC episode shows how support can harden into perceived authority. A standing RIR Boundary Protocol would force early warnings, role disclosure and procedural safeguards before regional engagement drifts into governance redesign.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-21T12:01:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Internet Is Fragmenting - Most of the People Who Should Notice Aren&#8217;t Looking]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;internet&#45;is&#45;fragmenting&#45;most&#45;of&#45;the&#45;people&#45;who&#45;should&#45;notice&#45;arent&#45;looking</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The internet is fragmenting across cables, routing systems and governance. Most network engineers, focused on regional operations, are missing how technical infrastructure and state power are reshaping a once interoperable network.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-21T11:10:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Quiet Value of .gov.ccTLD: Restricted SLDs as Trust Infrastructure]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;quiet&#45;value&#45;of&#45;.gov.cctld&#45;restricted&#45;slds&#45;as&#45;trust&#45;infrastructure</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[An official-looking renewal notice reveals how open namespaces shift verification burdens onto users. Restricted government domains like .gov.au function as trust infrastructure, embedding authority into the namespace and reducing fraud, confusion, and verification costs.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-19T10:58:00-07:00</dc:date>
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