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Tag: Cross-Border Issues

  • Staying Off the Regulatory Radar

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    I just returned from a tech policy conference. It was off the record so I can’t tell you about what was said. But I can tell you that it got me thinking about what happens when a tech startup appears on policymakers’ radar screens. Policymakers respond to what they see. Generally they don’t see startups,…

  • Spamhaus Tests U.S. Control Over Internet

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    In a move sure to rekindle debate over national control of the Internet, a US court may soon issue an order stripping London-based spamhaus.org of its Internet name. Here’s the backstory. Spamhaus, an anti-spam organization headquartered in London, publishes ROKSO, the “Register of Known Spam Operations”. Many sites block email from ROKSO-listed sites, as an…