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But ICANN denied the org transaction. What's the problem with the former CEO joining that PE firm?
by smabie 6y ago
But ICANN denied the org transaction. What's the problem with the former CEO joining that PE firm?
- uoylj 6y agoDue to massive pressure from governments and NGOs, not because it was wrong. If they could have gotten away with it, they would have.
- smabie 6y agoOK, so what's the problem?
- renewiltord 6y agoWho said there was a problem? We had certain priors on corruption and contested the .org sale on the grounds that these guys were corrupt. We pushed for the California AG to investigate ICANN and they did on the grounds that these guys were corrupt. Turns out they were corrupt. This is just the loop being closed. Our posterior probability of corruption rises only a very little bit because most people observing and participating kinda expected this.
- wolco 6y agoAttempted Fraud..
- Ahwleung 6y agoIf a child is caught trying to steal from the cookie jar, you don't just let them off because no cookie was actually stolen?
- troquerre 6y agoThe problem is that the root issue of ICANN corruption hasn’t gone away. So there will be more problems in the future, you can count on it. There are initiatives like https://handshake.org https://handshake.org that are trying to do away with ICANN entirely
- yrro 6y agoHe was bribed to sell off .org to venture capitalists.
- dungdang 6y agoa guy tries to kill you and your family. the policr stop him. i guess we let him go free, since you don't see a problem. this just applirs to you though. cool?
- paranoidrobot 6y agoI'd prefer to use another analogy. The head of the US National Parks Service decides to sell off Yellowstone(1) to a property development company. Massive outrage ensues, and the guy quits to become CEO of that same Property Development Company. While those two things in and of themselves might not be unlawful, it certainly sounds awful fishy. It might be worth investigating if there was some kind of breach of the law. (1) I know NPS doesn't own Yellowstone. It's an analogy, roll with it.