It only took four years and thousands of complaints but ICANN finally kills off rogue Indian domain registrar
DNS oversight body accused again and again of chronic foot-dragging
04 Mar 2021
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Ever wanted to own a piece of the internet? Now you can: $1 for a whole gTLD... or $2.8m if you want a decent one
Uniregistry announces auction of 20+ dot-words with no minimum for some
04 Feb 2021
ICANN begs Europe: Please fill in the blanks on this half-assed GDPR-compliant Whois we came up with
We can’t get our community to agree, perhaps you’ll do our job for us?
08 Oct 2020
Ex-boss of ICANN shifts from 'advisor' to co-CEO of private equity biz that tried to buy .org for $1bn+
Analysis Chehade paved the way for domain price cap removal, now shows up at Ethos Capital
21 Jul 2020
Internet Society, remember your embarrassing .org flub? The actual internet society would like to talk about it
Non-profits call for independent probe into disastrous effort to sell TLD registry
24 Jun 2020
ICANN finally halts $1.1bn sale of .org registry, says it's 'the right thing to do' after months of controversy
Questions linger over what is going on inside DNS overseer
01 May 2020
Internet root keymasters must think they're cursed: First, a dodgy safe. Now, coronavirus upends IANA ceremony
Pandemic lockdown forces new measures on crucial crypto process than underpins world's DNS
22 Apr 2020
ICANN delays .org sell off after California's attorney general intervenes at last minute, tears non-profit a new one over sale
DNS overseer accused of ignoring the very people it is supposed to represent
17 Apr 2020
ICANN's founding CEO and chair accuse biz of abandoning principles in push for billion-dollar .org sale
Exclusive Damning letter sent to California attorney general asks for six-month delay
16 Apr 2020
ICANN suffers split-personality disorder as deadline for .org sale decision draws close
Staff trying to strike a deal; Board worried about corporate shell structure
13 Apr 2020
Dot-com price rises on their way over the next four years: ICANN approves Verisign contract, walks off with $20m
Analysis You thought thousands of complaints would make a difference?
30 Mar 2020
Four months, $1bn... and ICANN still hasn’t decided whether to approve .org sale with just 11 days left to go
Internet community expresses frustration during virtual conference
10 Mar 2020
It has been 15 years, and we're still reporting homograph attacks – web domains that stealthily use non-Latin characters to appear legit
More than a dozen dodgy websites spotted masquerading as the real deal, HTTPS certs and all
04 Mar 2020
Would-be .org gobbler Ethos Capital promises to keep prices down in last-ditch effort to keep $1.1bn deal alive
Private equity outfit makes concessions, key questions still remain
25 Feb 2020
Now Internet Society told to halt controversial .org sale… by its own advisory council: 'You misread the community mindset around dot-org'
Meanwhile, would-be buyer Ethos attempts closed-room meeting to push deal through
19 Feb 2020
Internet Society gets tetchy over .org sale delay, half-threatens ICANN over deadlines and jurisdiction
Updated Meanwhile, DNS overseer continues to dither on whether to do anything
05 Feb 2020
ICANN't approve the sale of .org to private equity – because California's Attorney General has... concerns
DNS overseer gets letter demanding documents about controversial registry sale
31 Jan 2020
Protestors in Los Angeles force ICANN board out of hiding over .org sale – for a brief moment, at least
DNS overseer accepts 35,000-signature petition... and then runs away
25 Jan 2020
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