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BREAKING: ICANN has voted to REJECT the sale of the .ORG registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital. This is a major victory for the millions of nonprofits, civil society organizations, and individuals who make .ORG their home online. #SaveDotOrg icann.org/news/blog/ican… 
We commend ICANN on hearing the concerns of nearly a thousand organizations and over 50,000 people who demanded it reject the sale.
Your voices protected every .ORG website, and everyone who depends on them. savedotorg.org
Your voices protected every .ORG website, and everyone who depends on them. savedotorg.org
During this pandemic, nonprofits and the communities they serve depend more than ever before on the Internet. This is not just a victory for the web; this is a victory for aid organizations, corporate watchdogs, museums, clubs, and everyone working in the public interest.
The selloff of the .ORG registry to a secretive group of GOP-connected billionaire PE looters has received another reprieve, as @ICANN has delayed voting on the sale following an intercession from California's Attorney General.
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Alas, the CA AG's letter did not prompt ICANN to vote to cancel the sale, but rather to take "additional time to complete our review," with a new vote scheduled for May 4.
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CA AG Bercos: "In effect, what is at stake is the transfer of the world's second largest registry to a for-profit private equity firm that, by design, exists to profit from millions of nonprofit and non-commercial organizations."
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1/ While our communities are focused on staying safe, as of now, @PIRegistry is still holding @ICANN to the March 20 deadline to decide on whether control of .ORG will transition from @internetsociety to private equity firm @ethos_capital.
2/ The #dotorg transition would add risk to crucial channels of trusted information in a precarious time.
3/ Given the current global crisis around #COVID19, and what is at stake for all who depend on .ORG — including civil society and many healthcare providers around the world — to reach people in urgent need of assistance, PIR should immediately extend the deadline.
A private equity fund backed by three major Republican billionaire families is about to buy the dot-org domain. Human rights groups, charities and non-profits are terrified #SaveDotOrg vice.com/en_us/article/…
In China @GreatFireChina is worried that Ethos capital may "strike a financially lucrative deal with Beijing that included a clause to cancel all dot-org domains held by ‘anti-China’ organizations.” vice.com/en_us/article/…
In Venezuela, @MelanioBar is worried how passing over control of.org to "private administration will affect our work or our online presence but the precedents are always bad.” vice.com/en_us/article/…
This morning (11h45 CET) at #wef20 in #Davos: important press briefing with @KenRoth & others about #SaveDotOrg.
The heads of major NGOs are calling on @InternetSociety & @ICANN to stop the sale of the .ORG top-level domain to a private equity firm.
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The heads of major NGOs are calling on @InternetSociety & @ICANN to stop the sale of the .ORG top-level domain to a private equity firm.
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The risks that civil society organizations face around the world today - surveillance, censorship, legal restrictions & even physical attacks - are bad enough. The proposed sale of .ORG would add an additional danger for non-governmental organizations. #SaveDotOrg
Journalists at #wef20 in #Davos are invited to join the press briefing on the Promenade, under the flags, at the entrance at 11h45.
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All Regional Internet Registries, gathered in the Number Resource Organization, ask @ICANN for full transparency on all documents pertaining the sell or .org by @internetsociety to private equity.
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What is so interesting about this is that the numbering organizations mostly do not get involved with the 'naming'-side of things in @ICANN. They mostly focus on IP addresses and ASNs.
That they leverage their 'newly' minted powers is a big step, and a test.
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That they leverage their 'newly' minted powers is a big step, and a test.
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Now we will see whether the accountability mechanisms that have been put in place during the IANA stewardship transition will actually work.
The damage @internetsociety has done to itself is now so big that the president and the board of trustees can do nothing but step down.
The damage @internetsociety has done to itself is now so big that the president and the board of trustees can do nothing but step down.
