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Freelance journalist; Executive Director at IFFOR
Joined on July 9, 2006
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I am a freelance journalist based in the United States who has covered the internet and DNS fields for roughly 20 years, writing mostly in The Register.
I am also the Executive Director of IFFOR, an independent policy body for top-level domains. Before that I was CEO of .Nxt - a company that covered the Internet policy and governance fields. And before that I was ICANN’s general manager for public participation. I wrote a book about the fascinating battle over the domain sex.com, and I called it Sex.com. I have other books in the works. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is a very nice part of the world.
Except where otherwise noted, all postings by Kieren McCarthy on CircleID are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
| 2020 - Feb 19 | on | Stop Propagating False Information About the .ORG Transaction |
| 2017 - Aug 08 | on | Slovaks Worry About the Future of Their Country's .SK TLD |
| 2016 - Mar 01 | on | How Much Has ICANN Spent On The IANA Transition? |
| 2016 - Mar 01 | on | Moving Forward Towards NetMundial 5+: Focus on Principles and Roadmap |
| 2016 - Mar 01 | on | How Much Has ICANN Spent On The IANA Transition? |
| 2015 - Nov 10 | on | Verisign Should Clear Up the Paid "Analysts" Controversy |
| 2015 - Sep 25 | on | ICANN Accountability: Beware the Bridge Too Far |
| 2015 - Sep 25 | on | ICANN Accountability: Beware the Bridge Too Far |
| 2015 - Jul 31 | on | Out of .Africa - Process Failures Don't Change the Facts |
| 2015 - Jul 31 | on | Out of .Africa - Process Failures Don't Change the Facts |
| 2015 - Jul 27 | on | Out of .Africa - Process Failures Don't Change the Facts |
| 2015 - Jul 26 | on | Out of .Africa - Process Failures Don't Change the Facts |
| 2015 - Jul 24 | on | Rage Against the ICANN Machine |
| 2015 - Jul 17 | on | Rage Against the ICANN Machine |
| 2014 - Sep 12 | on | ICANN Board Appoints 2015 NomCom Chair |
| 2013 - Dec 03 | on | Learning to Love the WTO: How Trade Policy Can Save Open Internet - and Bridge the Digital Divide |
| 2012 - Jun 26 | on | A History of Holding ICANN to Account |
| 2012 - Jun 05 | on | ICANN Gets Crazy... Again! |
| 2012 - Apr 16 | on | After ICANN's TLD Application System Glitch, Communication Is the Key |
| 2012 - Apr 15 | on | After ICANN's TLD Application System Glitch, Communication Is the Key |
| 2012 - Apr 14 | on | After ICANN's TLD Application System Glitch, Communication Is the Key |
| 2012 - Apr 13 | on | After ICANN's TLD Application System Glitch, Communication Is the Key |
| 2012 - Apr 13 | on | After ICANN's TLD Application System Glitch, Communication Is the Key |
| 2012 - Jan 16 | on | What ICANN is Doing Wrong |
| 2012 - Jan 15 | on | What ICANN is Doing Wrong |
| 2011 - Dec 21 | on | ICANN's Internet Users Representatives Decry New Top-Level Domain Implementation |
| 2011 - Dec 21 | on | ICANN's Internet Users Representatives Decry New Top-Level Domain Implementation |
| 2011 - Sep 10 | on | Removing Principle of Confidentiality in ICANN's NomCom is a Bad Idea |
| 2011 - Aug 10 | on | ICANN Finds Its Voice |
| 2011 - Aug 10 | on | ICANN Finds Its Voice |
| 2011 - Aug 05 | on | Does ICANN Need to Evolve Its Code of Conduct? |
| 2011 - Aug 03 | on | Does ICANN Need to Evolve Its Code of Conduct? |
| 2011 - May 31 | on | The gTLD Boondoggle |
| 2011 - May 16 | on | The ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team Recommendations: To Implementation, And Beyond |
| 2011 - Mar 15 | on | Why ICANN Isn't Being Very Sensible: Part I - .brands |
| 2011 - Mar 13 | on | Concerns About ICANN's Bylaws Shouldn't Bog Down Board/GAC Discussions |
| 2011 - Feb 04 | on | New gTLD Program to Be Finalized After June ICANN Meeting |
| 2011 - Feb 01 | on | San Francisco is the Best Place to Kick Off the New gTLD Program |
| 2011 - Jan 19 | on | Insight: .JOBS and New TLD's - Are You Paying Attention? |
| 2011 - Jan 18 | on | New gTLDs Differentiation: Do Good |
| 2010 - Sep 30 | on | Come to the First Ever Dedicated New gTLD Conference: .nxt |
| 2010 - Aug 18 | on | Openness and Transparency: ICANN Takes an Important Step in the Right Direction |
| 2010 - Aug 18 | on | Openness and Transparency: ICANN Takes an Important Step in the Right Direction |
| 2010 - Aug 18 | on | Openness and Transparency: ICANN Takes an Important Step in the Right Direction |
| 2010 - Aug 10 | on | New gTLDs and Their Hidden Costs: Part 1 |
| 2010 - Aug 06 | on | New gTLDs and Their Hidden Costs: Part 1 |
| 2010 - Jun 11 | on | ICANN Reloaded - Will They Ever Learn? |
| 2010 - Jun 11 | on | ICANN Reloaded - Will They Ever Learn? |
| 2010 - Feb 26 | on | Nominet Passes Governance Test With Flying Colours |
| 2010 - Feb 23 | on | XXX Saga Continues |
| 2010 - Feb 22 | on | Will Stonewalling on .xxx Be Beckstrom's First Big Mistake? |
| 2010 - Feb 22 | on | Will Stonewalling on .xxx Be Beckstrom's First Big Mistake? |
| 2010 - Feb 22 | on | Will Stonewalling on .xxx Be Beckstrom's First Big Mistake? |
| 2010 - Feb 22 | on | Will Stonewalling on .xxx Be Beckstrom's First Big Mistake? |
| 2010 - Jan 23 | on | Top Three Reasons to Just Say No to ICANN’s Current EOI gTLD Proposal |
| 2010 - Jan 22 | on | Top Three Reasons to Just Say No to ICANN’s Current EOI gTLD Proposal |
| 2010 - Jan 21 | on | Top Three Reasons to Just Say No to ICANN’s Current EOI gTLD Proposal |
| 2009 - Aug 05 | on | When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 2) |
| 2009 - Aug 04 | on | When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 2) |
| 2009 - Aug 04 | on | When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 1) |
| 2009 - Jul 30 | on | When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 1) |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - May 20 | on | Twitter and Web Globalization |
| 2009 - May 11 | on | ICANN's New gTLD Timetable: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly |
| 2009 - Apr 29 | on | ICA to ICANN: The IRT Must Open Up Or Be Stripped of Official Status and Support |
| 2009 - Feb 19 | on | Your Comments Front and Center in ICANN New gTLD Process |
| 2009 - Feb 19 | on | Your Comments Front and Center in ICANN New gTLD Process |
| 2009 - Feb 19 | on | I Am Not an IP Address, I Am a Free Man... and a Potential Customer |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 08 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 05 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
| 2009 - Jan 05 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2008 - Oct 24 | on | Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon? |
| 2008 - Oct 24 | on | Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement |
| 2008 - Oct 24 | on | Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon? |
| 2008 - Oct 20 | on | Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement |
| 2008 - Oct 14 | on | How Can ICANN Improve Institutional Confidence? |
| 2008 - Oct 14 | on | Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement |
| 2008 - Oct 14 | on | Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement |
| 2008 - Oct 13 | on | Cluck, Cluck... ICANN and Contract Compliance Enforcement |
| 2007 - Apr 16 | on | Splitting the Root: It's Too Late |
| 2007 - Mar 16 | on | The Real Problem with dot-XXX |
| 2007 - Mar 14 | on | The Real Problem with dot-XXX |
| 2006 - Nov 26 | on | Internationalizing the Internet |
| 2006 - Oct 20 | on | What Will Be the Outcome of the Internet Governance Forum Meeting in Athens? |
| 2006 - Oct 18 | on | Spamming the News Cycle: Spamhaus Non-Story Goes Viral |
| 2006 - Oct 16 | on | Spamming the News Cycle: Spamhaus Non-Story Goes Viral |
| 2006 - Oct 14 | on | Spamming the News Cycle: Spamhaus Non-Story Goes Viral |
| 2006 - Oct 14 | on | Spamming the News Cycle: Spamhaus Non-Story Goes Viral |
| 2006 - Oct 13 | on | ICANN Sacrifices Privacy for Shot at Independence |
| 2006 - Oct 12 | on | ICANN Sacrifices Privacy for Shot at Independence |
| 2006 - Oct 11 | on | ICANN Sacrifices Privacy for Shot at Independence |
| 2006 - Oct 08 | on | Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement |
| 2006 - Oct 07 | on | Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement |
| 2006 - Oct 07 | on | Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement |
| 2006 - Sep 19 | on | The GNSO Review |
| 2006 - Jul 30 | on | The Blurr-Cade Proposal on Root Zone Oversight |
| 2006 - Jul 26 | on | The Blurr-Cade Proposal on Root Zone Oversight |
| 2006 - Jul 25 | on | The Blurr-Cade Proposal on Root Zone Oversight |
| 2006 - Jul 14 | on | Why I'm Standing for the ICANN Board and Why I've made My Statement Public |
| 2006 - Jul 12 | on | Why I'm Standing for the ICANN Board and Why I've made My Statement Public |
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