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Cyber crime, according to Dr. Debarati Halder and Dr. K. Jaishankar (2011), may be defined as “Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim directly or indirectly, using modern telecommunication networks such … Continue reading
Internet governance is “the development and application of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. No one person, company, organization or government runs the Internet. It is a globally distributed network comprising many voluntarily interconnected autonomous networks. It operates without a central governing body with … Continue reading
“Formed by the Regional Internet Registries to formalise their co-operative efforts, the Number Resource Organization (NRO) exists to protect the unallocated Number Resource pool, to promote and protect the bottom-up policy development process, and to act as a focal point for Internet community input into the RIR system. Aims The main aims of the NRO … Continue reading
The establishment of the “Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was formally announced by the United Nations Secretary-General in July 2006. It was first convened in October–November 2006 and has held an annual meeting since then. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multi-stakeholder forum for policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance. It brings together all … Continue reading
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) “was a pair of United Nations-sponsored conferences about information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva and in 2005 in Tunis. One of its chief aims was to bridge the so-called global digital divide separating rich countries from poor … Continue reading
The digital divide “is the current disparity in the access to digital communications between developed and developing countries and it requires the joint effort of the entire international community. The digital divide is considered a form of discrimination dividing the rich and the poor, both within and among nations, on the basis of access, or … Continue reading
A Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is “an organization that manages the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a particular region of the world. Internet number resources include IP addresses and autonomous system (AS) numbers. Regional Internet registries are components of the Internet Number Registry System, which is described in IETF RFC 7020. The … Continue reading
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is “managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) under contract to the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and pursuant to an agreement with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The Department of Commerce also provides an ongoing oversight function, whereby it verifies additions and … Continue reading
The Internet Hall of Fame was established in 2012, on the 20th anniversary of the Internet Society (ISOC). “The Internet Society is a leading advocate for a free and open Internet, promoting the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.” The Internet Hall of Fame … Continue reading
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is “an international community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web. The W3C was founded by Tim Berners-Lee in October, 1994. It was founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT/LCS) with support from the European Commission and the Defense … Continue reading
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