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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/policy_regulation</link>
  <description>CircleID - Policy & Regulation</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-04-19T19:59:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Space Race for Connectivity: Satellite Internet and Critical Infrastructure]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;new&#45;space&#45;race&#45;for&#45;connectivity&#45;satellite&#45;internet&#45;and&#45;critical&#45;infrastructure</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Satellite internet is from backup to core infrastructure, as LEO constellations, non-terrestrial networks and direct-to-device services reshape connectivity, forcing governments and operators to rethink resilience, sovereignty and the architecture of the internet.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-19T12:59:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[No Safe Harbor: SCOTUS Scuttles the DMCA]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/no&#45;safe&#45;harbor&#45;scotus&#45;scuttles&#45;the&#45;dmca</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[America's Supreme Court, in Cox v Sony, recast online copyright liability, effectively sidelining the DMCA safe harbor and replacing it with a narrow inducement standard that leaves service providers little obligation to meaningfully police infringement.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-17T11:55:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Historical Mandate of the RIR System]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;historical&#45;mandate&#45;of&#45;the&#45;rir&#45;system</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;historical&#45;mandate&#45;of&#45;the&#45;rir&#45;system</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[The history of the Regional Internet Registry system shows it was designed as a community-governed framework, not a passive ledger, with legitimacy rooted in delegated authority, open policy development, and multistakeholder coordination from its inception.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-14T11:21:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Africa&#8217;s Cybersecurity Problem Has Nothing to Do with Hackers]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/why&#45;africaas&#45;cybersecurity&#45;problem&#45;has&#45;nothing&#45;to&#45;do&#45;with&#45;hackers</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/why&#45;africaas&#45;cybersecurity&#45;problem&#45;has&#45;nothing&#45;to&#45;do&#45;with&#45;hackers</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[Africa's cybersecurity failures stem less from sophisticated hackers than from insecure system design, weak governance and limited skills, leaving institutions exposed and shifting the challenge from external threats to internal accountability and resilience.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-12T14:17:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran-Linked Cyberattacks Expose Fragility of America’s Industrial Nerve System]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/iran&#45;linked&#45;cyberattacks&#45;expose&#45;fragility&#45;of&#45;americas&#45;industrial&#45;nerve&#45;system</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Iran-linked hackers infiltrated US industrial control systems, disrupting energy and water infrastructure. The attacks highlight systemic vulnerabilities in internet-connected devices and signal an enduring cyber threat despite easing geopolitical tensions.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-10T12:41:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China and the Geopolitics of Africa&#8217;s 6.2 Million IPv4 Addresses]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/china&#45;and&#45;the&#45;geopolitics&#45;of&#45;africas&#45;6.2&#45;million&#45;ipv4&#45;addresses</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[AFRINIC's fight over 6.2 million IPv4 addresses exposes how legal pressure, offshore vehicles and scarcity economics can strip Africa of leverage, turning a technical dispute into a test of sovereignty, institutional resilience and Internet governance.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-10T12:13:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Modernizing the Registry: How LAC-2025-5 Addresses the Reality of IPv4 Scarcity]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/modernizing&#45;the&#45;registry&#45;how&#45;lac&#45;2025&#45;5&#45;addresses&#45;the&#45;reality&#45;of&#45;ipv4&#45;scarcity</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[LACNIC's LAC-2025-5 proposal formalises IPv4 sub-assignments, bringing grey-market leasing into a framework, easing scarcity pressures, improving registry accuracy, and lowering barriers for smaller providers while preserving incentives to adopt IPv6, across Latin America and Caribbean.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-10T12:03:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Fractured Web: How Internet Fragmentation Threatens Our Connected World]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;fractured&#45;web&#45;how&#45;internet&#45;fragmentation&#45;threatens&#45;our&#45;connected&#45;world</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;fractured&#45;web&#45;how&#45;internet&#45;fragmentation&#45;threatens&#45;our&#45;connected&#45;world</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[As governments, firms and engineers reshape networks, the internet is fragmenting into rival systems. Interoperability erodes, raising costs, curbing rights and weakening resilience, with global growth, innovation and cooperation increasingly at risk.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-10T11:54:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Kinetic Frontier: Lessons From Geopolitical Violence and the Bunkerization of AI Infrastructure]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;kinetic&#45;frontier&#45;lessons&#45;from&#45;geopolitical&#45;violence&#45;and&#45;the&#45;bunkerization&#45;of&#45;ai&#45;infrastructure</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;kinetic&#45;frontier&#45;lessons&#45;from&#45;geopolitical&#45;violence&#45;and&#45;the&#45;bunkerization&#45;of&#45;ai&#45;infrastructure</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[Kinetic attacks on Gulf data centres expose the cloud's physical fragility, recasting AI infrastructure as strategic targets and accelerating bunkerisation, while outdated data laws leave firms choosing between legal compliance and digital survival.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mandate Laundering: From RIR Fantasy to Transition Architecture]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/mandate&#45;laundering&#45;from&#45;rir&#45;fantasy&#45;to&#45;transition&#45;architecture</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Private internet registries have inflated narrow technical roles into quasi-sovereign authority, laundering mandate through ritual and rhetoric; a fragile system now faces legal, economic and political reckoning, prompting calls for coordinated transition urgent global reform.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-08T12:01:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Africa&#8217;s AI Governance Crisis Is Not a Regulatory Gap, It Is a Sovereignty Emergency]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/africas&#45;ai&#45;governance&#45;crisis&#45;is&#45;not&#45;a&#45;regulatory&#45;gap&#45;it&#45;is&#45;a&#45;sovereignty&#45;emergency</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/africas&#45;ai&#45;governance&#45;crisis&#45;is&#45;not&#45;a&#45;regulatory&#45;gap&#45;it&#45;is&#45;a&#45;sovereignty&#45;emergency</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[Africa's looming AI rules expose a deeper problem: foreign-controlled infrastructure, weak enforcement capacity and externally governed data flows are eroding digital sovereignty, leaving states unable to regulate, protect citizens or meet global obligations.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-08T09:28:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trusted Notifier Network (TNN) Core Concept 1: Unfair Cost Transfer and Reversal of Commercial Best]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/trusted&#45;notifier&#45;network&#45;tnn&#45;core&#45;concept&#45;1&#45;unfair&#45;cost&#45;transfer&#45;and&#45;reversal&#45;of&#45;commercial&#45;best</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/trusted&#45;notifier&#45;network&#45;tnn&#45;core&#45;concept&#45;1&#45;unfair&#45;cost&#45;transfer&#45;and&#45;reversal&#45;of&#45;commercial&#45;best</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[A flawed abuse-response system shifts costs from perpetrators to intermediaries, overwhelming enforcement. The Trusted Notifier Network seeks to realign incentives, curb low-quality reporting, and restore efficiency by embedding trust, accountability, and cost redistribution.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-07T09:18:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran’s Record Internet Blackout Deepens Civilian Isolation, Fuels Humanitarian Concerns]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/irans&#45;record&#45;internet&#45;blackout&#45;deepens&#45;civilian&#45;isolation&#45;fuels&#45;humanitarian&#45;concerns</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/irans&#45;record&#45;internet&#45;blackout&#45;deepens&#45;civilian&#45;isolation&#45;fuels&#45;humanitarian&#45;concerns</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[Iran’s unprecedented internet blackout, imposed after February’s strikes, has reduced connectivity to near zero, tightened state control over information, and set a global precedent for wartime digital isolation with significant humanitarian consequences.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-06T13:40:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing Africa&#8217;s Digital Future: Why Cybersecurity Must Lead Digital Transformation]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/securing&#45;africaas&#45;digital&#45;future&#45;why&#45;cybersecurity&#45;must&#45;lead&#45;digital&#45;transformation</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/securing&#45;africaas&#45;digital&#45;future&#45;why&#45;cybersecurity&#45;must&#45;lead&#45;digital&#45;transformation</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[Africa's rapid digital expansion, from fintech to e-government, is outpacing its cybersecurity capacity, leaving critical systems exposed and trust at risk unless governments embed security as a core pillar of development across the continent today.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-06T13:04:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Internet That Works for Some: Universal Acceptance Failures Across Asia Pacific]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;internet&#45;that&#45;works&#45;for&#45;some&#45;universal&#45;acceptance&#45;failures&#45;across&#45;asia&#45;pacific</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;internet&#45;that&#45;works&#45;for&#45;some&#45;universal&#45;acceptance&#45;failures&#45;across&#45;asia&#45;pacific</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[Across Asia Pacific, millions are excluded from digital services because systems fail to recognise non Latin scripts, exposing how flawed design assumptions about internet users entrench inequality across the region in welfare, finance and education.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-06T12:38:00-07:00</dc:date>
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