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Third segment: coronavirus
  
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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/coronavirus</link>
  <description>CircleID - Coronavirus</description>
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  <dc:date>2026-04-19T19:59:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[How the Pandemic Changed Broadband]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20240430&#45;how&#45;the&#45;pandemic&#45;changed&#45;broadband</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post recently published an article with a series of graphs showing the impact of the pandemic on various economic indicators, including unemployment, wages, air travel, grocery prices, home prices, and consumer sentiment. The article got me thinking about the impact of the pandemic on the broadband industry, and several important changes emerged from our collective pandemic experience.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2024-04-30T10:48:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Monkeypox Following COVID-19&#8217;s (Digital) Footsteps?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20220826&#45;is&#45;monkeypox&#45;following&#45;covid&#45;19s&#45;digital&#45;footsteps</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The public attention COVID -- 19 got was truly reflected in the Domain Name System (DNS). And Monkeypox seems to be following the trail the pandemic blazed, though to a smaller extent, as threat actors seem to be using it as the latest phishing lure. How has this new virus been affecting domain registration?]]></description>
      <dc:date>2022-08-26T12:15:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Breaking the Rules on Counterfeit Sales: The Use of Hidden Links]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20220510&#45;breaking&#45;the&#45;rules&#45;on&#45;counterfeit&#45;sales&#45;the&#45;use&#45;of&#45;hidden&#45;links</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Counterfeiting is big business. A 2021 study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimated that the international trade in counterfeit and pirated products was worth up to $464 billion in 2019, or around 2.5% of all world trade. A significant proportion of this trade occurs via digital channels, where global annual expenditure on eCommerce is more than $4 trillion.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2022-05-10T11:33:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What We&#8217;ve Learned About Upload Bandwidth]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20220306&#45;what&#45;weve&#45;learned&#45;about&#45;upload&#45;bandwidth</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Until the pandemic hit, I rarely thought about upload bandwidth. I mostly used upload bandwidth to send files to people, and I rarely cared if they received the files immediately -- I was happy as long as files got sent. But the pandemic changed everything for millions of people. All of a sudden, homes were unable to function well due to problems with uploading.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2022-03-06T08:56:00-08:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Research from CSC on the Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Security and Safety]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20220126&#45;new&#45;research&#45;from&#45;csc&#45;on&#45;the&#45;impact&#45;of&#45;covid&#45;19&#45;on&#45;internet&#45;security&#45;and&#45;safety</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hackers are using company domain names for malicious attacks more than ever before. Established research shows that phishing and related malware attacks most commonly occur from a compromised or hijacked legitimate domain name, a maliciously registered, confusingly similar domain name, or via email header spoofing. Domain security intelligence is the first line of defense in preventing domain cyberattacks.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2022-01-26T10:32:00-08:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[As Global Internet Demands Skyrocket, Expert Share Advice on How to Optimize IT Infrastructure to Meet Modern-Day Challenges]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20211108&#45;how&#45;to&#45;optimize&#45;it&#45;infrastructure&#45;to&#45;meet&#45;modern&#45;day&#45;challenges</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Changes in modern-day habits and acceleration of digital transformation have led to an astronomical increase in demands for data transmission speed, capacity, and security. To keep up with these demands, IT firms have to intensify efforts to be better equipped to meet modern-day demands.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-11-08T11:49:00-08:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Success Means at Radix: Measuring What Matters]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20211108&#45;what&#45;success&#45;means&#45;at&#45;radix&#45;measuring&#45;what&#45;matters</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[When Covid hit in early 2020, domain names, along with all sorts of digital products and services, saw a sharp boost followed by a sustainable acceleration in growth. A report by McKinsey claimed that 10 years’ worth of progress in terms of ecommerce transition was achieved within the first three months of the lockdown. IBM said it was worth 5 years of digital progress.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-11-08T10:14:00-08:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Registrar Influence on the Domain Security Posture of the Forbes Global 2000]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20211102&#45;registrar&#45;influence&#45;on&#45;the&#45;domain&#45;security&#45;posture&#45;of&#45;the&#45;forbes&#45;global&#45;2000</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the 2021 Domain Security Report, we analyzed the trend of domain security adoption with respect to the type of domain registrar used, and found that 57% of Global 2000 organizations use consumer-grade registrars with limited protection against domain and DNS hijacking, distributed denial of service (DDoS), man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM), or DNS cache poisoning. On average, the adoption of domain security controls is two times higher for enterprise-class registrars than for those using consumer-grade registrars.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-11-02T11:19:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Internet Governance and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Part 9: Articles 26-30]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20210914&#45;internet&#45;governance&#45;and&#45;the&#45;universal&#45;declaration&#45;of&#45;human&#45;rights&#45;part&#45;9&#45;articles&#45;26&#45;30</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As we work on this final CircleID essay addressing the last four Articles in the UDHR, we explore how the UDHR provides the principles on which to build the rights and responsibilities of digital citizenship and bring integrity and trust to cyberspace and the Internet ecosystem. We reflect on what we have learned. For us, the authors of this series, we are reminded that trust in the processes of government, business entities, and society is central to the wellbeing of society, our communities, our families, and ourselves.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-09-14T10:48:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[High-Speed Fiber Overtakes DSL as OECD Countries Add 21 Million Fixed Broadband Connections in the Pandemic Year]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20210903&#45;high&#45;speed&#45;fiber&#45;overtakes&#45;dsl&#45;as&#45;oecd&#45;countries&#45;in&#45;the&#45;pandemic&#45;year</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[High-speed fiber Internet subscriptions surpassed copper-wire DSL connections across OECD countries for the first time in 2020 as the need to move work and home life activities online during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a record 21.15 million new fixed broadband connections (including fiber, DSL, cable, and others) in the year to end-December 2020.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-09-03T13:05:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Are We Ready for Big Bandwidth Applications?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20210902&#45;are&#45;we&#45;ready&#45;for&#45;big&#45;bandwidth&#45;applications</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[There is a recent industry phenomenon that could have major impacts on ISP networks in the relatively near future. There has been an explosion of households that subscribe to gigabit data plans. At the end of 2018, only 1.8% of US homes subscribed to a gigabit plan. This grew to 2.8% by the end of 2019. With the pandemic, millions of homes upgraded to gigabit plans in an attempt to find a service that would support working from home.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-09-02T09:39:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dark Classrooms and Bright Minds: Internet Governance Education During a Pandemic]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20210802&#45;minds&#45;internet&#45;governance&#45;education&#45;during&#45;a&#45;pandemic</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As we face another surge in the Delta variant within the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional face-to-face schools of Internet Governance continue to be forced to rethink their typical programs and adapt their modalities of delivering Internet Governance education. Everyone from the administrators, educators and the participants needed to adapt to the new reality of online learning and the various digital platforms with its associated cost and benefits.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-08-03T02:13:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protecting Your IP as Part of a Digital Transformation Strategy]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20210713&#45;protecting&#45;your&#45;ip&#45;as&#45;part&#45;of&#45;a&#45;digital&#45;transformation&#45;strategy</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, the Western world has begun to slowly recover from the economic disaster COVID caused. Many countries have been able to speed up their vaccination program and abandon lockdowns, or at least loosen restrictions. Shops, bars, cinemas, and so on are opening up again, and with that, the desire people have to spend money.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-07-13T17:48:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[An Afnic Study of the Global Domain Name Market in 2020, COVID Impact on ccTLDs]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20210623&#45;afnic&#45;study&#45;of&#45;the&#45;global&#45;domain&#45;name&#45;market&#45;in&#45;2020</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Afnic, the French Network Information Centre and manager of the .fr TLD, has just published its Afnic's Global Domain Name Market in 2020 Report on the global domain market in 2020. The study is based on ICANN statistics, information from registries, specialized websites, and its own research. This is an overview of global trends and an analysis of the mechanisms at work during the health crisis.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-06-23T18:39:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Online Freedoms: Safeguards Must Be Balanced With Free Expression]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/20210616&#45;online&#45;freedoms&#45;safeguards&#45;must&#45;be&#45;balanced&#45;with&#45;free&#45;expression</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been a major contextual factor of global internet governance discussions over the past year, and it appears that discussions in ICANN are no exception. Threats to the integrity and security of the DNS have become a regular topic of debate within the ICANN community. In recent months, these discussions have increasingly focused on the idea of 'DNS abuse' and, more specifically, COVID-19-related DNS abuse.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2021-06-16T16:04:00-07:00</dc:date>
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