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A Private Equity Firm Is Trying To Buy The .Org Domain. Now, Greenpeace, The ACLU, And Color Of Change Are Protesting.

22 Jan 2020
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A Private Equity Firm Is Trying To Buy The .Org Domain. Now, Greenpeace, The ACLU, And Color Of Change Are Protesting.
22 Jan 2020
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

22 Jan 2020

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.

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International NGO leaders at Davos tell ISOC, ICANN: selling .ORG puts civil society at risk
22 Jan 2020
International NGO leaders at Davos tell ISOC, ICANN: selling .ORG puts civil society at risk

Access Now questions Ethos Capital and PIR ahead of community webinar on .ORG stewardship

18 Dec 2019

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.

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Access Now questions Ethos Capital and PIR ahead of community webinar on .ORG stewardship
18 Dec 2019
Access Now questions Ethos Capital and PIR ahead of community webinar on .ORG stewardship

Dear U.S. Congress: Here’s why you should investigate the sale of .ORG

12 Dec 2019

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.

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Dear U.S. Congress: Here’s why you should investigate the sale of .ORG
12 Dec 2019
Dear U.S. Congress: Here’s why you should investigate the sale of .ORG

Warning: proposed sale of the TLD puts .ORG registrant data at risk

11 Dec 2019

The proposed sale presents a risk of governance over sensitive data that society cannot afford to take.

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Warning: proposed sale of the TLD puts .ORG registrant data at risk
11 Dec 2019
Warning: proposed sale of the TLD puts .ORG registrant data at risk
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Civil society’s online home — .ORG — is for sale

5 Dec 2019

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.

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Civil society’s online home — .ORG — is for sale
5 Dec 2019
Civil society’s online home — .ORG — is for sale
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Internet Activists Call For Halt To .Org Sale

2 Dec 2019
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Internet Activists Call For Halt To .Org Sale
2 Dec 2019
Internet Activists Call For Halt To .Org Sale

Internet Governance Forum Town Hall meeting on Save.ORG

28 Nov 2019
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Internet Governance Forum Town Hall meeting on Save.ORG
28 Nov 2019
Internet Governance Forum Town Hall meeting on Save.ORG

Access Now calls to halt the sale of .org

28 Nov 2019
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Access Now calls to halt the sale of .org
28 Nov 2019
Access Now calls to halt the sale of .org

Access Now calls on Internet Society to halt the sale of .ORG

27 Nov 2019

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.

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Access Now calls on Internet Society to halt the sale of .ORG
27 Nov 2019
Access Now calls on Internet Society to halt the sale of .ORG