Beyond Blind Trust: Rethinking AI Governance for Operational Resilience

As autonomous AI agents gain access to critical systems, a proposed governance framework combines risk-based verification, API restrictions, model provenance and infrastructure safeguards to balance security costs with operational resilience. more

Can an Open-Source Project Have Unregistered Trademark Rights? Lessons from LIBBITCOIN

A WIPO decision involving the LIBBITCOIN open-source project illustrates how community recognition can establish unregistered trademark rights and how documented stewardship can support a successor maintainer's standing in domain name disputes. more

AI Agents and the End of Endpoint Privacy

AI agents with access to decrypted messages pose new challenges for end-to-end encryption, raising questions about endpoint privacy, operating-system permissions and whether users can protect conversations when their correspondents enable AI assistants. more

ICANN Outlines Internet Governance Agenda for IGF 2026

ICANN outlines its IGF 2026 agenda in Nairobi, focusing on multilingual Internet access, multistakeholder governance and Africa's technical community, with discussions on Universal Acceptance, new gTLDs and participation following the WSIS+20 review. more

Finnish Court Jails Two Ship Crew Members for Baltic Sea Cable Damage

A Finnish court sentences two cargo ship crew members to prison for damaging Baltic Sea telecommunications cables, addressing criminal responsibility and jurisdiction over critical infrastructure beyond territorial waters. more

AFRINIC, Member Rights and Executive Interference

AFRINIC's effort to remove Cloud Innovation from its company register has intensified a dispute over court orders, membership rights, executive authority, and the accountability of Internet number registry administrators. more

Forced Representation: RIPE NCC, “Chinese Disinformation,” and the Fiction of an Inclusive Community

Following a disputed exchange at a RIPE NCC General Meeting, Lu Heng argues that nationality-based dismissal of criticism undermines inclusive participation and raises questions about the legitimacy of community-derived institutional authority. more

The February Case That Could End Africa’s Internet Registry

Cloud Innovation's petition to dissolve AFRINIC returns to Mauritius's Supreme Court in 2027, raising questions about the registry's governance, contested membership rights, legal costs and continuity of Internet address services across Africa. more

Shopify Filing Points to $99 Million Price for Shop.com Domain Acquisition

Shopify's financial filing reveals a $99 million expenditure linked to its Shop.com acquisition, potentially exceeding the previous domain sale record of $70 million, although the company has not separately confirmed the domain's purchase price. more

Cyberattacks on Supermarket Refrigeration Systems Spread Across Europe

Cyberattacks disrupted refrigeration systems at more than 100 European stores, destroying food inventories and exposing vulnerabilities in Internet-connected controllers. Authorities recommend isolating affected equipment, while investigators examine possible connections to earlier attacks. more

Who Tells the Time? Measuring NTP Exposure Across Publicly Routed IPv4 Prefixes

A study of Dominican Republic networks identified NTP responders across 225 IPv4 prefixes and 73 autonomous systems, raising questions about unintended public exposure, synchronization dependencies and the availability of an official national time service. more

Beware the Bots: Rising AI Traffic Threatens to Reshape ISP Networks

Rapidly growing bot traffic is changing how Internet networks are designed, managed and billed. As AI-driven applications expand, smaller ISPs could face rising capacity demands, unpredictable traffic patterns and costly infrastructure upgrades. more

Maintaining the ITU “Artificial Intelligence” Resolution

A US proposal would replace "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" in ITU Resolution 214, remove references to shared concerns and prohibit ITU work supporting AI governance, regulation and ethics. more

DNS Hijacking Campaign Targets 12 Cryptocurrency Sites as Registrar-Level Compromise Investigated

A coordinated wave of DNS hijackings redirected visitors from 12 cryptocurrency websites to wallet-draining pages, with affected operators reporting registrar-level compromises involving domain services associated with Vercel Domains and Name.com. more

French Lawmakers Back Per-Gigabyte Internet Traffic Tax Despite Government Opposition

French lawmakers approved a proposed €0.055-per-gigabyte tax on Internet traffic, targeting content providers and CDNs despite government opposition. The measure could raise billions annually but faces further legislative hurdles. more