Re:ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
by daun on Monday February 10, 2020 @11:38PM
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If you're a California resident and are affected by the price changes, you can file a complaint with the California Attorney General. If you're a US resident outside of California you can file a complaint with the Department of Commerce as well as the antitrust division of the Department of Justice. And if you really want to get revenge against ICANN you can contact Senator Ted Cruz's office and let them know what you think of ICANN's recent actions since their 2016 IANA takeover. He was the loudest political voice to oppose it when it happened.
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Re:ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
by wahern on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:01AM
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Senator Cruz opposed the transfer when it appeared ICANN's governance model was going to be like the U.N., where countries might have veto power over strong transparency, security, privacy, freedom of speech, financial accessibility, etc. Senator Cruz and many in his party are disdainful of the U.N. and similar multilateral international institutions; they oppose them on principal.
But ICANN ended up being run more like a private company in a free market. The fact that it also resulted in poor financial accessibility or any of the other feared consequences is irrelevant to Senator Cruz unless it somehow furthered the vilification of social media outlets and his attempts to repeal Communications Decency Act Section 230 protections. Don't forget, Cruz also opposes net neutrality, believing it to be "the biggest regulatory threat to the Internet".