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Google's Vint Cerf: The US Will No Longer Be The Internet's Bodyguard And That's A GOOD Thing
Since the late 1990s, that role was really more like a bodyguard. That's because in 1998, the Clint…
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A tiny island nation is clashing with ICANN to own its space on the web
A tiny island microstate has today launched proceedings that could have profound repercussions f…
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LGBT Group Blocked From Using '.gay' Domain Because It's Not Gay Enough
Slate reports that the "dotgay Initiative" has been campaigning for years to be allowed to establis…
James Cook
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A Senator Has Come Out Against Websites With Names That End In '.Sucks'
It's likely that ICANN will heed the Senator's advice and ".sucks" will never come to be. But even …
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The Internet Is Actually Controlled By 14 People Who Hold 7 Secret Keys
On the other hand, if a calamity happened, the ICANN database could need to be rebuilt. So ICANN ca…
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The internet is still actually controlled by 14 people who hold 7 secret keys
The physical keys unlock safe deposit boxes. Inside those boxes are smart key cards. It takes multi…
Julie Bort
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No, The U.S. Didn't Just Give Up Control Of The Internet
Primarily, it was created to take up oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, the orga…
Kyle Russell
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Donald Trump's warning about impending 'online censorship' is dead wrong
"ICANN had no role in these shutdowns nor could it prevent them. Countries such as China and Iran o…
Rob Price
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Amazon and 8 South American countries have been battling over who gets to use the '.amazon' domain for 7 years
"We are not looking for financial compensation. Nor are we after ex-gratia concessions to use one o…
Dennis Green
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Ukraine is trying to get Russia removed from the internet, saying Russia has been pushing out propaganda with the aim to disinform and promote violence
RIPE NCC has rejected the request, saying that "the means to communicate should not be affected by …
Weilun Soon
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Google just paid $25 million to buy the entire '.app' web domain
Google currently lets people register for ".how," ".soy," and ".minna" domains one its own ICANN-ac…
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Internet would flourish better by engaging more regional language users
The panel, which started working in May 2015, consists of professionals from the Centre for Develop…
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The people who control the internet got together in a room yesterday - here's what they're worried about
He went on, "When I see something on the internet written about me ... How do you know it is a high…
Cale Guthrie Weissman
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Amazon is close to winning a 7-year battle with South American countries for the '.amazon' domain
It brings to head a seven-year battle, in which Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, S…
Mary Hanbury
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Amazon Just Paid Nearly $5 Million To Own The Entire '.Buy' Web Domain
Companies looking to buy exclusive use of a new domain have to pledge to pay escalating amounts in …
James Cook
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People are freaking out about a new rule that would stop website owners from hiding their personal information
The question at hand is: What is considered commercial? While it's easy to differentiate between hu…
Cale Guthrie Weissman
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One of The Pirate Bay's domains was taken offline after it missed an important email
The email The Pirate Bay uses for domain verification is auto560120@hushmail.com, which The Registe…
James Cook
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Amazon's Latest Power Play Could Get It Sued By Angry Writers
Scott Turow, a lawyer and writer, told Reuters that "putting generic domains in private hands is pl…
Erin Fuchs
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Berlin Becomes First City To Have Its Own Internet Domain Name
To purchase a .berlin website will cost between $50 and $100, and sales are expected to generate ne…
GlobalPost
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What you should know about the ending of a US contract some say amounts to 'giving away the internet'
"The way that China or Russia could have greater influence over the naming function of the internet…