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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/icann</link>
  <description>CircleID - ICANN</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-09-01T16:03:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[15th Registration Operations Workshop, September 29, 2026, 13:00 - 17:00 UTC]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/15th_registration_operations_workshop_september_29_2026</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 15th Registration Operations Workshop convenes domain name and DNS professionals September 29 for technical sessions on mTLS, RPKI, DNS resilience, delegations, DNSSEC, registrar concentration, dispute proceedings and alternative naming systems.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-07T07:59:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN Taps Analysys Mason for Key 2026 New gTLD Reviews]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;taps&#45;analysys&#45;mason&#45;for&#45;key&#45;2026&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;reviews</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Analysys Mason will run geographic and reserved-name reviews for ICANN's 2026 new-gTLD round, applying rules that can determine whether proposed strings advance, require government support, qualify for exceptions, or face further evaluation.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T09:54:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thirty-Five Years Later, Moscow Comes Looking for the Soviet Union&#8217;s Domain]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/thirty&#45;five&#45;years&#45;later&#45;moscow&#45;comes&#45;looking&#45;for&#45;the&#45;soviet&#45;unions&#45;domain</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Russia is imposing state identity verification on .su, the Soviet Union's surviving domain, as researchers uncover criminal infrastructure across the namespace and ICANN pursues a retirement process that could eventually remove it from the global root.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-01T08:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN Terminates Two Registrars as DNS Abuse and Compliance Failures Escalate]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;terminates&#45;two&#45;registrars&#45;as&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;and&#45;compliance&#45;failures&#45;escalate</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN has terminated two registrar accreditation agreements after unresolved compliance failures, citing Trustname's handling of DNS abuse and IPIP's failures involving RDAP, registration data escrow, accreditation fees, and access to non-public registration data.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-29T12:11:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN’s New Data Sharpens the Picture of DNS-abuse Enforcement]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;updates&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;enforcement&#45;data</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's updated DNS-abuse data distinguishes allegations from actionable complaints and malicious registrations from compromised domains, offering a clearer test of whether tougher contractual requirements are strengthening enforcement or simply generating a larger volume of reports.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-28T09:41:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN to Shut Down Open Data Platform and API September 1]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;to&#45;shut&#45;down&#45;open&#45;data&#45;platform&#45;and&#45;api&#45;september&#45;1</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN will retire its Open Data Platform and API on September 1, shifting datasets to downloadable CSV files and forcing researchers, registries and domain-industry organizations to update automated workflows that rely on programmatic data access.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-28T09:19:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[AI Is Rewriting the Internet. But in Whose Language?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/ai&#45;is&#45;rewriting&#45;the&#45;internet&#45;but&#45;in&#45;whose&#45;language</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[AI is becoming a gateway to the internet, but thousands of languages remain excluded. Closing the gap requires multilingual infrastructure, representative training data and policies that make linguistic inclusion a foundation of the AI era.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-27T11:20:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Radix Announces Radix Deux: 46 Primary Applications in ICANN&#8217;s Next gTLD Round]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/radix&#45;announces&#45;radix&#45;deux&#45;46&#45;primary&#45;applications&#45;in&#45;icanns&#45;next&#45;gtld&#45;round</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Radix is making its biggest strategic bet yet, filing 46 primary applications for ICANN's next gTLD round after whittling 3.2m possibilities into a portfolio spanning AI, technology, health, finance, business, creators and culture.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-27T10:12:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Last gTLD Round Taught Us the Wrong Lessons]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;last&#45;gtld&#45;round&#45;taught&#45;us&#45;the&#45;wrong&#45;lessons</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fourteen years after ICANN's last gTLD expansion, registration figures offer an incomplete verdict. The next round will test whether applicants can build namespaces with enduring relevance, rather than merely generating impressive launch volumes and revenues.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-26T12:40:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyond Protocol and Policy: Why Project Jake is Reshaping the Architecture of Internet Trust]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/beyond&#45;protocol&#45;and&#45;policy&#45;why&#45;project&#45;jake&#45;is&#45;reshaping&#45;the&#45;architecture&#45;of&#45;internet&#45;trust</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Project Jake aims to bridge the divide between internet protocols and policy, offering registries, law enforcement and rights holders a decentralised framework for accessing domain-registration data securely while navigating privacy laws and institutional gridlock.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-24T10:49:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Open-Weight AI: Open to Whom?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/open&#45;weight&#45;ai&#45;open&#45;to&#45;whom</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The push for open-weight AI promises broader access and competition, but true openness requires more than releasing model weights. Compute, infrastructure, training data, security, and control ultimately determine who can meaningfully benefit from open AI.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-24T08:40:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNS Abuse and Criminal Infrastructure: Beyond Definitions and Blocklists]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dns&#45;abuse&#45;and&#45;criminal&#45;infrastructure&#45;beyond&#45;definitions&#45;and&#45;blocklists</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Research suggests criminals may control a striking share of newly registered gTLD domains, raising questions about whether ICANN's definitions, contractual safeguards and enforcement mechanisms are keeping pace with the industrial scale of technology-facilitated harm.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T08:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[1,600 Applications Later: What&#8217;s Next for the New gTLD Round?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/1600&#45;applications&#45;later&#45;whats&#45;next&#45;for&#45;the&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;round</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's latest new gTLD round drew more than 1,600 applications, many targeting generic strings. With payments being finalised and potential clashes emerging, October's Reveal Day will show how dramatically the domain-name landscape could expand.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T08:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After the Close: What the 2026 gTLD Round Has Already Revealed]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/after&#45;the&#45;close&#45;what&#45;the&#45;2026&#45;gtld&#45;round&#45;has&#45;already&#45;revealed</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's 2026 gTLD round drew more than 1,600 applications, led by ambitious portfolio investors. But scant brand disclosures and new rules banning private settlements could make contention costlier and reshape the economics of domain ownership.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-19T09:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[AFRINIC&#8217;s Constitution Is Africa&#8217;s Next Internet Stress Test]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/afrinics&#45;constitution&#45;is&#45;africas&#45;next&#45;internet&#45;stress&#45;test</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[AFRINIC's proposed Constitution offers Africa's troubled internet registry a chance to turn years of litigation, disputed elections and institutional paralysis into durable governance, provided reforms constrain external capture, internal concentration and administrative overreach alike.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-19T07:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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