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Greg Thomas

Founder of DNSDecrypt
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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 [email protected].

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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

Topic Interests

DNS , Law , New TLDs , Domain Names , Policy & Regulation , Internet Governance , Registry Services , ICANN , Domain Management , Brand Protection , Multilingualism , Enum , Whois , Privacy , Censorship , Web , Cybercrime , Networks , Cybersecurity , DNS Security , Coronavirus , Threat Intelligence , UDRP ,

Recent Blogs

ICANN Is Violating Its Legal Agreements with the U.S. Government – Who’s Next?

Aug 09, 2021
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Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance Is Captured and Presumed Dead

Aug 02, 2021
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Greg Thomas

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Recent Blogs

ICANN Is Violating Its Legal Agreements with the U.S. Government – Who’s Next?

Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance Is Captured and Presumed Dead

Anticompetitive and Predatory Misconduct by ICANN and Contracted Parties Must End

Why Is Verisign Ignoring New Revenue?

ICANN’s Tax Exemption Requires Updated Review

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The Insult and Injury of the U.S. Government’s Failure to Enforce ICANN’s Contractual Obligation

Is ICANN Running a Racket?

NTIA Objects to Planned o.com Auction

Leaked Documents Reveal Xi Jinping’s Communist Chinese Plan to Control the Internet’s Root

Is NIST’s Recent Letter on o.com a Bureaucratic Coup d’Etat?