Featured publications

  • CENTR Tech Trends Watch Q2/2020

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  • CENTRstats Global TLD Report 2020/2

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  • CENTR Report on ICANN68

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  • CENTR Guide to ICANN68

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News

  • CENTR holds its 64th General Assembly online

    2020-10-19 News

    On 7 October 2020 CENTR held it’s 64th General Assembly, reducing the usual full day meeting in Brussels to a virtual morning session.

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  • EU Policy Update - September 2020

    2020-10-13 EU Policy Updates

    In a nutshell: Three European Parliament committees adopted their own-initiative reports on the Digital Services Act. The European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) published its Draft Report on the European strategy for data. The European Commission proposed a temporary e-Privacy Directive derogation to combat child sexual abuse, and published its first report on the status of the rule of law across the EU. The European Data Protection Board published guidelines on the concepts of “data controller” and “data processor”. The Advocate General (AG) of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) Szpunar issued a non-binding opinion in a case concerning hyperlinking.

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  • VIDEO: CENTR explains the role of the DNS in tackling illegal content online

    2020-10-12 News

    CENTR has released an animated video on ccTLDs and their technical role in relation to online content.

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Working groups

ccTLDs and online content

As technical operators in the internet’s infrastructure, what do ccTLD registries actually do? What are their limitations? How can they help in the battle against illegal online content?

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EU Policy at CENTR

CENTR strives to be the voice of the domain name system (DNS) community at EU-level, the centre of intelligence and a reliable partner on all things related to the DNS through several policy objectives.

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