ICANN

ICANN waves hands in protest at AFRINIC election arrangement

Worries lawyers overseeing poll may have disqualifying entanglements

Legal09 Jun 2025 | 3

Regional Internet Registries work to prevent one of their own going rogue

APRICOT There's a lot going on at the orgs who regulate IP addresses as they revisit global governance and new leadership comes to APNIC and LACNIC

Networks02 Mar 2025 |

The .io domain isn't going anywhere anytime soon amid treaty

UK-Mauritius handshake holds but Chagos Islands shift could eventually phase out the ccTLD

Off-Prem10 Oct 2024 | 51

ICANN reserves .internal for private use at the DNS level

Vint Cerf revealed Google already uses the string, as do plenty of others

Off-Prem08 Aug 2024 | 69

ICANN proposes creating .INTERNAL domain to do the same job as 192.168.x.x

The plan is to keep the world at bay by never recording it in the DNS root – like many already do with a subdomain for an intranet

Networks29 Jan 2024 | 142

DotAsia registry tries to put poll problems behind it and set new strategy

Special report Home of the .asia gTLD has had a challenging year

Legal28 Dec 2023 |

ICANN warns UN may sideline tech community from future internet governance

'We built this thing and now you don't want to hear from us – WTF?' is the gist of it

Networks22 Aug 2023 | 55

Former Reg vulture takes on Nominet – by running for board seat

After extensive coverage of .uk missteps, Kieren McCarthy now vows to fix registry from the inside

Networks16 Sep 2022 | 27

Ukraine war a sorting hat for cyber-governance loyalties: Black Hat founder Jeff Moss

Black Hat Asia Private orgs that flex with Russian bans may do more harm – to themselves – than good

Security12 May 2022 | 19

Ukraine invasion: We should consider internet sanctions, says ICANN ex-CEO

Keep Russia's citizens online but block its military networks, say

Networks10 Mar 2022 | 102

ICANN responds to Ukraine demand to delete all Russian domains

Even if we wanted to, which we don't, we can't, so we won't, says boss

Networks03 Mar 2022 | 44

Ukraine asks ICANN to delete all Russian domains

Updated Plus: Namecheap tells customers in Russia they are no longer welcome, citing 'war crimes'

Networks01 Mar 2022 | 226

German Pirate Party member claims EU plans for a GDPR-compliant Whois v2 will lead to 'doxxing and death lists'

ICANN also dislikes it but web infrastructure firms don't really mind

Networks15 Oct 2021 | 47

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

Networks04 Mar 2021 | 22

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

Networks04 Feb 2021 | 61

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?

Networks08 Oct 2020 | 76

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

Legal21 Jul 2020 | 49

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

Networks24 Jun 2020 | 35

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

Networks01 May 2020 | 106

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

Networks22 Apr 2020 | 38

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

Networks17 Apr 2020 | 30

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

Networks16 Apr 2020 | 17

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

Networks13 Apr 2020 | 20

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?

Networks30 Mar 2020 | 13

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

Networks10 Mar 2020 | 17

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

Security04 Mar 2020 | 34

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

Networks25 Feb 2020 | 42

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

Networks19 Feb 2020 | 61

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

Networks05 Feb 2020 | 18

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

Networks31 Jan 2020 | 44

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

Networks25 Jan 2020 | 56

South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal and unjust' sale of .amazon to zillionaire Jeff Bezos

Nastygram to DNS overseer follows long, flawed and drawn-out process

Networks21 Jan 2020 | 93

Let’s check in on the .org sale fiasco: Senators say No, internet grandees say Yes – and ICANN pretends there's absolutely nothing to see here

Analysis 'Ethos Capital, ISOC, and PIR have failed to provide clear and transparent information'

Networks21 Jan 2020 | 42

ICANN finally reveals who’s behind purchase of .org: It’s ███████ and ██████ – you don't need to know any more

Analysis Purchase funded by debt, includes another ex-ICANNer, will be done through four different companies. All perfectly normal

Networks14 Jan 2020 | 85

As internet pioneers fight to preserve .org’s non-profit status, those in charge are hiding behind dollar signs

Comment ICANN, ISOC, PIR and Ethos still refusing to provide details

Networks09 Jan 2020 | 28

ICANN extracts $20m signing fee for $1bn dot-com price increases – and guess who's going to pay for it?

Comment Sorry, meant to say Verisign contributes to 'security threat' education

Networks07 Jan 2020 | 22

Hey, ICANN, if you need good reasons to halt the .org super-sell-off, here are two: Higher fees, more website downtime

You need stability concerns? Here’s some stability concerns, say DNS gurus at Packet Clearing House

Networks17 Dec 2019 | 28

ICANN demands transparency from others over .org deal. As for itself… well, not so much

Do as we say not as we do, DNS overseer sternly tells Internet Society

Networks11 Dec 2019 | 27

Internet Society CEO: Most people don't care about the .org sell-off – and nothing short of a court order will stop it

Interview Inside the decided mind of Andrew Sullivan

Legal29 Nov 2019 | 120

Internet Society's Vint 'father of the 'net' Cerf dodges dot-org sell-off during public Q&A

Analysis Is ISOC 'severely harming' its reputation or ushering in a bold new future?

Networks27 Nov 2019 | 77

As pressure builds over .org sell-off, internet governance bodies fall back into familiar pattern: Silence

Protests kick off, Vint Cerf tells folks everything's fine

Networks26 Nov 2019 | 63

The .amazon argy-bargy is STILL going on – and Uncle Sam has had enough with ICANN

Analysis Will Amazon finally get hold of its internet namesake?

Personal Tech04 Nov 2019 | 29

Haunted by Europe's GDPR, ICANN sharpens wooden stake to finally slay the Whois vampire

Whois to become Whoisn't

Networks23 Oct 2019 | 33

Dot-org price-cap scrap latest: Now ICANN accused of snubbing registrars with 'sham' public comment process

DNS overlord ignored opposition, says Namecheap

Legal29 Jul 2019 | 21

Shall we strip price caps from .org, mulls ICANN. Hm, people seem really upset... OK, let's do it

Concerns snubbed as DNS overlord signs secretive deal, paves way for $$$ increases

Legal01 Jul 2019 | 29

Jeff Bezos finally gets .Amazon after DNS overlord ICANN runs out of excuses to delay decision any further

Analysis Persistence pays off for online super-souk, but not for South American states

On-Prem21 May 2019 | 70

Internet industry freaks out over proposed unlimited price hikes on .org domain names

Updated The domain name system is going to get more expensive and probably less competitive

Networks26 Apr 2019 | 95

US government tells internet body to hurry the funk up on privacy

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's hard. But so is my foot in your ass

Networks08 Apr 2019 | 26

Amazon may finally get its hands on .amazon after world's DNS overseer loses patience

ICANN tired of delay tactics from Brazil and Peru

Legal12 Mar 2019 | 60

Never mind that naked selfie scandal... Brazil lights the, er, kindling, dot-Amazon saga roars back into life

Updated Seven-year battle could be finally coming to an end

Networks11 Feb 2019 | 28

We did Nazi see this coming... Internet will welcome Earth's newest nation with, sigh, a brand new .SS TLD

Well, banned fascist symbols are all the rage these days

Legal24 Jan 2019 | 200

The curious tale of ICANN, Verisign, claims of subterfuge, and the $135m .Web dot-word

Analysis DNS overseer faces probe over decision to award TLD to dot-com giant

Networks07 Dec 2018 | 24

Domain name 'admin' role eyed up as latest victim of Whois system's GDPRmeggdon

Plus anonymous email and all personal info to be redacted

Legal27 Nov 2018 | 46

Amazon tried to entice Latin American officials with $5m in Kindles, AWS credits for .amazon

Brazil, Peru snub cheap gifts, refuse to unblock dot-word

Legal25 Oct 2018 | 38

Europe's GDPR, Whois shakeup was supposed to trigger spam tsunami – so, er, where is it?

Updated No catastrophe after hardline privacy rules kick in

Networks29 Aug 2018 | 25

Internet overseer continues wall-punching legal campaign

ICANN appeals its appeal and tells German courts yet again that they're wrong

Legal21 Aug 2018 | 49