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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/dns</link>
  <description>CircleID - DNS</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-07-29T16:28:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[The 2024-2026 Root Zone KSK Rollover: Updates and Observations]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;2024&#45;2026&#45;root&#45;zone&#45;ksk&#45;rollover&#45;updates&#45;and&#45;observations</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Roughly a year and a half ago, Verisign and ICANN began the important, multi-year process of updating the cryptographic key that secures the authoritative DNS root zone. This work has been largely invisible to the public, but vital to the security of many everyday online activities.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-07-28T08:30:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNIB Reports 401.6 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q2 2026]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dnib&#45;reports&#45;401.6&#45;million&#45;domain&#45;name&#45;registrations&#45;in&#45;q2&#45;2026</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The second quarter of 2026 closed with 401.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 29.9 million domain name registrations compared to the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report released Thursday at DNIB.com.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-07-24T08:05:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who Registers the Domain That Steals Your Data? The Registrar Accountability Gap in India&#8217;s DNS Abuse Crisis]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/who&#45;registers&#45;the&#45;domain&#45;that&#45;steals&#45;your&#45;data&#45;the&#45;registrar&#45;accountability&#45;gap&#45;in&#45;indias&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;crisis</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[India's DNS abuse crisis exposes a registrar accountability gap: malicious domains remain online while vulnerable users bear the cost. Concentrated abuse patterns suggest stronger oversight and faster mitigation could significantly reduce predictable harms nationwide today.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-07-24T07:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Digital Sovereignty Is More Than Data Sovereignty: Understanding Africa&#8217;s Digital Dependency Stack]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/digital&#45;sovereignty&#45;is&#45;more&#45;than&#45;data&#45;sovereignty&#45;understanding&#45;africas&#45;digital&#45;dependency&#45;stack</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Africa's pursuit of digital sovereignty demands more than keeping data at home. True resilience depends on controlling the infrastructure, platforms, cybersecurity capabilities, governance, and human expertise that underpin an increasingly interconnected digital economy across Africa.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-07-20T08:52:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Question Isn&#8217;t Whether the Harm Is Real - It&#8217;s Who Should Act]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;question&#45;isnt&#45;whether&#45;the&#45;harm&#45;is&#45;real&#45;its&#45;who&#45;should&#45;act</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Measuring online abuse can reveal its scale, but not who should intervene. Effective policy must distinguish harm from contractual responsibility, identify the actors best placed to act, and target remedies where they can work effectively.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-07-17T08:05:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Running .CA and .NL Taught Us About Building Better Registry Infrastructure]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/what&#45;running&#45;dot&#45;ca&#45;and&#45;dot&#45;nl&#45;taught&#45;us&#45;about&#45;building&#45;better&#45;registry&#45;infrastructure</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Running .CA and .NL has taught Hello Registry that true back-end excellence depends on resilience, adaptability and operational experience, helping registries navigate evolving technical, policy and security demands with confidence and long-term stability.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-07-09T08:56:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[.PK ccTLD Governance Issues and Pakistan&#8217;s Digital Future]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dot&#45;pk&#45;cctld&#45;governance&#45;issues&#45;and&#45;pakistan&#45;digital&#45;future</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pakistan's .pk domain has long been controlled by a private company abroad, raising concerns over digital sovereignty, cybersecurity and accountability. Repeated breaches, offshore infrastructure and weak governance have left a critical national asset exposed and contested.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-23T09:51:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[When AI Writes the Scam: How Artificial Intelligence Is Making DNS Abuse Harder to Detect]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/when&#45;ai&#45;writes&#45;the&#45;scam&#45;how&#45;artificial&#45;intelligence&#45;is&#45;making&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;harder&#45;to&#45;detect</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is transforming phishing and DNS abuse, erasing the linguistic clues that once exposed scams. As attacks become personalised, automated and multilingual, governance frameworks are struggling to keep pace with a rapidly expanding threat surface.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-22T08:51:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CENTR Warns Against Excessive Burdens in EU Cybersecurity Overhaul]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/centr&#45;warns&#45;against&#45;excessive&#45;burdens&#45;in&#45;eu&#45;cybersecurity&#45;overhaul</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Europe's national domain registries support the EU's Cybersecurity Act 2 but warn that supplier restrictions, overlapping compliance rules and broad supply chain definitions could undermine critical internet infrastructure and burden essential service operators.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-15T11:35:00-07:00</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[Procedural Resilience or Technological Rigidity? Reassessing Article 19&#8217;s DNS Abuse Framework in the Post-MLAT Era]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/procedural&#45;resilience&#45;or&#45;technological&#45;rigidity&#45;article&#45;19s&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;framework</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As cross-border cyber enforcement falters, critics argue Article 19's DNS abuse framework prioritizes procedural purity over user protection, leaving courts too slow to counter AI-driven phishing, rapid-flux domains, and increasingly automated online threats.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-18T12:04:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Internet Censorship Grows More Sophisticated, Warns OONI Co-Founder]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/internet&#45;censorship&#45;grows&#45;more&#45;sophisticated&#45;warns&#45;ooni&#45;co&#45;founder</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/internet&#45;censorship&#45;grows&#45;more&#45;sophisticated&#45;warns&#45;ooni&#45;co&#45;founder</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[Maria Xynou warns that internet censorship is becoming more sophisticated and less transparent as governments deploy targeted blocks, throttling and encrypted traffic interference, while OONI's crowdsourced measurements help researchers and human-rights groups expose restrictions and defend online freedoms worldwide.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-13T09:41:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNS Abuse Is Stealing India&#8217;s Youth: Fake Domains and the Job-Seeking Trap]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dns&#45;abuse&#45;is&#45;stealing&#45;indias&#45;youth&#45;fake&#45;domains&#45;and&#45;the&#45;job&#45;seeking&#45;trap</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fake recruitment websites exploiting India's young job seekers are proliferating, exposing millions to identity theft, financial fraud and malware while regulators, registrars and digital literacy programs struggle to keep pace with a growing labor market.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-12T12:09:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNS Censorship Report Warns of Rising Domain Suspensions]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dns&#45;censorship&#45;report&#45;warns&#45;of&#45;rising&#45;domain&#45;suspensions</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 warns that governments are increasingly exploiting internet infrastructure to silence critics, using domain suspensions to block entire websites while regulators and registry operators debate how to balance online safety, technical abuse prevention and freedom of expression.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-06T13:00:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN Opens New gTLD Applications for First Time Since 2012, With $227K Entry Fee and 27 Scripts]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;opens&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;applications&#45;for&#45;first&#45;time&#45;since&#45;2012</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN reopens applications for new top-level domains after 14 years, charging $227,000 per bid while tightening rules, as it seeks to expand multilingual access and reshape competition in the internet's naming system.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-02T09:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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