HTML5.2; WITBragDay: @TzviyaSiegman, @HALOWorldwide, and @sundress; Silver; Net Neutrality; Web Payment

This is the 7 -14 August 2017 edition of the "weekly digest  of news and trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list [1]. 

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/ <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/>



1) W3C, Web and HTML5 related Twitter trends
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[What was tweeted frequently, caught my attention, etc. -  with most *popular* first]


7 August 2017
@LeonieWatson
HTML5.2 is a @W3C Candidate Recommendation (CR) https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/ 
https://twitter.com/LeonieWatson/status/894842420378173441
(18 Retweets, 19 Likes)

11 August 2017
@TzviyaSiegman
Replying to @alicegoldfuss
I am one of the authors of EPUB, and I chair the publishing working group in @w3c #WITBragDay
https://twitter.com/TzviyaSiegman/status/896122559351083009
(11 Retweets, 66 Likes)

11 August 2017
@HALOWorldwide
Responding to #WITBragDay: I'm best known as the founding Head of Comms at @w3c + for helping launch @TheASF #TomorrowsTechnologyToday #Open
https://twitter.com/HALOWorldwide/status/896507520914788353
(4 Retweets, 10 Likes)

11 August 2017
@sundress
#WITBragDay @LeonieWatson is a personal hero of mine - principal engineer @paciellogroup, @w3c working group co-chair, brilliant speaker!
https://twitter.com/sundress/status/896242870713106432
(2 Retweets, 10 Likes)

 @aardrian
Adrian Roselli (retweeted David Sloan)
Silver is the next major version of @W3C’s WCAG. Getting i18n in place early makes for better standards.
https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/895255272066867201
(2 Retweets, 7 Likes)


2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*    US Lawmakers Resist FCC’s Attempt To Dismantle Net Neutrality, Congressional Hearing Scheduled
8 August 2017
EconoTimes
http://www.econotimes.com/US-Lawmakers-Resist-FCCs-Attempt-To-Dismantle-Net-Neutrality-Congressional-Hearing-Scheduled-841501



3) W3C and W3C technologies in the Press (or blogs)
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1 article
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles <http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles> ]


*    Why W3C Web Payment Standardisation Won’t Be The 3D Secure Killer
8 August 2017
Finextra
by Sadra Boutorabi
https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/14384/why-w3c-web-payment-standardisation-wont-be-the-3d-secure-killer