Tag: ICANN
A Private Equity Firm Is Trying To Buy The .Org Domain. Now, Greenpeace, The ACLU, And Color Of Change Are Protesting.
International NGO leaders at Davos tell ISOC, ICANN: selling .ORG puts civil society at risk
In an open letter published in Davos at the World Economic Forum, the directors of 11 international NGOs call on ISOC and ICANN to stop the sale of the .ORG top-level domain to private equity firm Ethos Capital.
Access Now questions Ethos Capital and PIR ahead of community webinar on .ORG stewardship
On December 19, Ethos Capital and PIR will hold a community webinar to discuss the proposed transfer of control of .ORG, which civil society continues to broadly oppose. Access Now submits the following questions to Ethos and PIR that get to the heart of the problem.
Dear U.S. Congress: Here’s why you should investigate the sale of .ORG
Access Now calls on the following U.S. congressional committee leadership to investigate Internet Society’s plans to sell control of the .ORG top-level domain — civil society’s home online — to a private venture capital firm.
Warning: proposed sale of the TLD puts .ORG registrant data at risk
The proposed sale presents a risk of governance over sensitive data that society cannot afford to take.
Civil society’s online home — .ORG — is for sale
This dubious deal was struck without consulting civil society groups that rely on .ORG to operate, without accounting for its impact on human rights, and without proper safeguards for the long-term health of online civic space. Join more than 130 organizations and thousands of concerned individuals in signing this petition to stop the sale of .ORG.
Internet Activists Call For Halt To .Org Sale
Internet Governance Forum Town Hall meeting on Save.ORG
Access Now calls to halt the sale of .org
Access Now calls on Internet Society to halt the sale of .ORG
Internet Society (ISOC) intends to sell the control of the .ORG domain registry for an undisclosed amount to a for-profit private equity firm called Ethos Capital.