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Re:ICANN races towards regulatory capture: the great .org heist by input_sh on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:52AM (#21626973)
You may want to look into OpenNIC, in which anyone with the know-how can operate a TLD.

They have domains like .geek, .cyb, .null, .libre, .oss, and you use them by simply switching your DNS server to one of OpenNIC's mirrors. They also support TLDs for "emerging nations" like .ku for Kurdish people, .uu for Uigurs, .ti for Tibet.

Though I'm not sure what would happen if ICANN decides to sell one of those domains one day.

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Re:ICANN races towards regulatory capture: the great .org heist by plange on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:13AM (#21627400)
Already happened. OpenNIC had to move the users from .free over to .libre
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Re:ICANN races towards regulatory capture: the great .org heist by jandrese on Monday November 25, 2019 @04:46PM (#21633162)
> .uu for Uigurs, .ti for Tibet.

Well, I guess mainland Chinese people won't be using this.

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Re:ICANN races towards regulatory capture: the great .org heist by DarthGhandi on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:38PM (#21633558)
Most of them live in a very different digital world anyway.
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