Greg Thomas is founder of The Viking Group and publisher of DNSDecrypt—Decoding Internet Politics and Policy. He is a former key strategist and head of external affairs for VeriSign (2009-2010 & 2013-2016) and has held various roles at Microsoft, Symantec, and Cisco. While at Microsoft, Greg helped redefine the public conversation about Microsoft and open source software which laid the foundation for the company’s rapid transformation from “Evil Empire” to respected industry leader in less than a decade. He is a globally recognized expert on Internet, cybersecurity, and competition-related policy and is the author of How to Save the Internet in Three Simple Steps: The Netizen’s Guide to Reboot the Root. He can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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2022 - Jan 13 | on | ICANN's Accountability Mechanisms – in Name Only? |
2021 - May 18 | on | Multistakeholderism Is Working: Even in Exile |
2021 - May 05 | on | Leaked Documents Reveal Xi Jinping's Communist Chinese Plan to Control the Internet's Root |
2021 - Apr 27 | on | Is NIST's Recent Letter on o.com a Bureaucratic Coup d'Etat? |
2021 - Apr 23 | on | Is NIST's Recent Letter on o.com a Bureaucratic Coup d'Etat? |
2021 - Apr 19 | on | The Insult and Injury of the U.S. Government's Failure to Enforce ICANN's Contractual Obligation |
2021 - Apr 14 | on | The Insult and Injury of the U.S. Government's Failure to Enforce ICANN's Contractual Obligation |
2021 - Apr 10 | on | Why ICANN Rejected ISOC's Billion-Dollar Attempt At Feathering Its Own Nest With .org Sale? |
2021 - Apr 10 | on | Why ICANN Rejected ISOC's Billion-Dollar Attempt At Feathering Its Own Nest With .org Sale? |
2021 - Apr 07 | on | An Anti-Competitive .com Fait Accompli? |
2021 - Mar 22 | on | Is ICANN Running a Racket? |
2021 - Mar 17 | on | Ending U.S. Government Amnesia About Its Legacy Internet Registries is in the Public Interest |
2021 - Jan 19 | on | .com Is A Clear and Present Danger to Online Safety |
2021 - Jan 16 | on | .com Is A Clear and Present Danger to Online Safety |
2020 - Dec 21 | on | NTIA Objects to Planned o.com Auction |
2020 - Dec 20 | on | NTIA Objects to Planned o.com Auction |
2020 - Oct 02 | on | The Pay-To-Play Reality of ICANN's Inclusion Illusion |
2020 - Sep 30 | on | The Pay-To-Play Reality of ICANN's Inclusion Illusion |
2020 - Sep 30 | on | The Pay-To-Play Reality of ICANN's Inclusion Illusion |
2020 - Sep 30 | on | The Pay-To-Play Reality of ICANN's Inclusion Illusion |
2020 - Sep 30 | on | The Pay-To-Play Reality of ICANN's Inclusion Illusion |
2020 - Jul 25 | on | The State of DNS Abuse: Moving Backward, Not Forward |
2020 - Jul 24 | on | The State of DNS Abuse: Moving Backward, Not Forward |
2020 - Jul 13 | on | Addressing Anticompetitive Behavior in Internet Standards Bodies |
2020 - May 12 | on | What's Next for Ethos |
2020 - Apr 29 | on | .ORG and Change |
2019 - Sep 11 | on | Keeping a Free and Open Internet Starts at the Root |
2019 - Jul 17 | on | The Ageless Warning of Icarus |
2019 - Mar 14 | on | Portrait of a Single-Character Domain Name |
2019 - Mar 13 | on | Portrait of a Single-Character Domain Name |
2018 - Oct 17 | on | The Road Less Traveled: Time Is Running Out for NTIA-Verisign Cooperative Agreement |
2018 - Oct 17 | on | The Road Less Traveled: Time Is Running Out for NTIA-Verisign Cooperative Agreement |
2018 - Oct 11 | on | The Road Less Traveled: Time Is Running Out for NTIA-Verisign Cooperative Agreement |
2018 - Oct 11 | on | The Road Less Traveled: Time Is Running Out for NTIA-Verisign Cooperative Agreement |
2018 - Oct 11 | on | The Road Less Traveled: Time Is Running Out for NTIA-Verisign Cooperative Agreement |