Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The U.S. House started its summer recess period in late July and will return to Washington in early September. The Senate plans to start its recess by August 1, unless it remains in session for a period beyond that to confirm more of President Trump’s nominees […]
Announcements, EU Policy, Policy
i2Coalition members have collaborated on responses to calls for evidence regarding two Brussels-based initiatives: the Digital Networks Act (DNA) and the European Data Union Strategy. We welcome the European Commission’s initiative to modernize Europe’s digital connectivity landscape through the proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA). We agree that a modern, harmonized, and future-ready regulatory framework is […]
EU Policy, Legislative Update, Premium Content
Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK In late June, world attention abruptly turned to news of the U.S. entry into the Israel-Iran conflict with a bunker-buster bombing mission against Iran’s nuclear capabilities. President Trump and his Cabinet defended the move and asserted that the U.S. strikes had obliterated Iran’s nuclear facilities. President […]
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
EU Policy, Legislative Update, Premium Content
Advocacy, Announcements, EU Policy, Internet Governance, US Policy
We recently launched the DNS at Risk project to investigate how network blocking and infrastructure manipulation are undermining the global Internet’s neutrality and openness—as well as create a living document to catalog emerging and ongoing risks as they emerge worldwide. i2Coalition Executive Director Christian Dawson recently appeared on the TechDirt Podcast to discuss this project […]
Advocacy, Press Releases
DNS, Domain Name System, domains, gTLDs, ICANN
Prague, Czech Republic – June 9, 2025 — The Domain Name Association (The DNA), a project of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition), has officially launched a new gTLD Resource Directory to support prospective applicants in the next round of ICANN’s New gTLD Program. Available now at https://thedna.org/new-gltds/, the directory is a curated list of trusted […]
New Platform Documents DNS Blocking, Internet Fragmentation, and Global Censorship-by-Infrastructure June 3, 2025—Washington, D.C. Today, the i2Coalition (Internet Infrastructure Coalition) is launching a major new policy report and companion website titled DNS at Risk: How Network Blocking and Fragmentation Undermine the Global Internet. The initiative reveals the alarming trend of governments around the world increasingly […]
Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Following days of tense intraparty negotiations, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) led the House Republicans’ May 22 passage by a 1-vote margin (215-214) of a massive budget reconciliation bill that is central to achieving President Trump’s economic agenda, including the extension of 2017 tax cuts and an […]
