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Media Coverage as ‘DNS at Risk’ Project Draws Industry Attention
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
The Domain Name Association Launches New gTLD Resource Directory to Support Next Round of Applicants
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 […]
i2Coalition Launches ‘DNS at Risk’ Report and Website to Spotlight Rising Global Internet Infrastructure Abuse
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 […]
i2Coalition Internet Infrastructure Policy Brief: May 2025
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 […]
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
i2Coalition Internet Infrastructure Policy Report: May 2025
Tech Platform Censorship: i2Coalition’s Response to FTC Call for Public Comments
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a call for public comments regarding censorship tactics by Internet platform providers, to get a better understanding of how these platforms limit users’ access due to what those users say online; and how consumers may have been harmed in the process. These platforms run the gamut from […]
Breaking the Internet’s Language Barriers: i2Coalition Helps Co-Found Coalition on Digital Impact
Coalition on Digital Impact (CODI) has a mission that’s as simple as it is powerful: to ensure that every person can navigate the Internet in their own language. The i2Coalition is excited to join this exciting new initiative to fulfill the promise of an Internet that’s culturally and linguistically accessible to anyone in the world. […]
EU Policy, Legislative Update, Premium Content
i2Coalition EU Monitoring Report: May 2025
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Press Releases, VPN Trust Initiative
VPN
VPNs are Essential Tools for Privacy and Security, and Should Not Become a Political Football
Today, in a regrettable move, the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris extended blocking orders to several VPN providers operating within France. The ruling is designed to restrict access to specific websites for users in France, or French overseas territories, risking the integrity of the Internet. The legal action, brought by Canal+, and the Ligue de Football […]
i2Coalition Member Spotlight: iQ
Since 2014, the team behind iQ saw a global need for domain name industry business intelligence tools and services. They believe that we are responsible for building the Internet we want to experience—so they have based their service offerings on proactivity, community, and the Norwegian concept of “dugnad”, which means “help” or “support”. Today iQ […]
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
i2Coalition Internet Infrastructure Policy Report: April 2025
i2Coalition Internet Infrastructure Policy Brief: April 2025
Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Following a two-week spring recess period in mid-April, Republican leaders in Congress returned to Washington to conduct crucial work at the committee level drafting portions of a budget reconciliation bill encompassing many of President Trump’s immediate domestic policy priorities. The bill, which can be approved by […]
i2Coalition Member Spotlight: Blackwall
Bots make up half of all web traffic—sometimes even more depending on the website specifics—and the majority of those bots are useless or malicious. So we’re very happy to know the nice folks at Blackwall. GateKeeper, Blackwall’s flagship tool, keeps a wide range of cyber threats at bay—including L7 DDoS attacks, brute-force attempts, and automated […]
Announcements
Board of Directors
i2Coalition Announces New Board-Member Roles for 2025
Today the i2Coalition is announcing two key changes to our Board of Directors. James Bladel, Vice President, Corporate and Government Affairs at GoDaddy, is taking the position of Board Chair; and Alvaro Alvarez, EVP and General Counsel and Secretary for Identity Digital, is assuming the role of Board Vice Chair. “We’re operating in a period […]