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Sign a letter to Internet Society here: https://savedotorg.org/ https://savedotorg.org/ Write to news outlets. If this blows up in the mainstream media, public
by tszyn 7y ago
Sign a letter to Internet Society here: https://savedotorg.org/ https://savedotorg.org/
Write to news outlets. If this blows up in the mainstream media, public pressure may be too high for them to go ahead with this deal.
- blackearl 7y agoThis comes across as alien language to the average person, I doubt the media finds it a juicy enough story to report on.
- rocqua 7y ago"Backroom deals at a organisation that used to be governed by the US will probably be used to extort wikipedia for $100000 to keep the address wikipedia.org. The same extortion will be aimed at unicef.org, (add list of common .orgs here)" That isn't alien language, and whilst not strictly true, it isn't stretching the truth more than the news already does habitually.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 7y agoThat isn't alien language and while it isn't strictly true, it captures the issue more sincerely than your typical clickbait. Nicely written.
- fanf2 7y agoI think The Register counts as part of “the media” https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_s...