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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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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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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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Here’s what to do if you don’t want your website to .suck or .wtf
Law firms and trademark associations active in Internet registry policy have called Vox Populi's do…
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Sam Altman says the US has to do 4 things to prevent China from taking the AI throne
Sam Altman outlined four steps a US-lead "global coalition of like-minded countries" should take to…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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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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How to find out who owns a website
Finding out who owns a website can be useful for research, legal purposes, or personal interest.…
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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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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets a unique proposal via a newspaper advertisement
Taking it a step further, the company says that it wants to invest a whopping $500 billion into …
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Govt to open booking of website name in nine Indian languages from Mar 16
"The sunrise period will begin March 16 and ends on June 15. We will collect applications and check…
PTI
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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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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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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…
Allan Smith
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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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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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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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Google.com was created 20 years ago - here's what it looked like when it first launched
In the 19 or so years since then, Google.com has changed a lot. The primary colors in the logo and …
Kif Leswing
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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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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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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 …