Definitely due to trademark disputes and political pressure. Trademark makes sense, ICANN has a whole program around that: https://www.icann.org/resources/page

Definitely due to trademark disputes and political pressure. Trademark makes sense, ICANN has a whole program around that: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/trademark-infringement-2017-06-20-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/trademark-infringement... As for political pressure, do we have any examples? Consider the eBay stalking scandal [1] and ask if those doing the stalking would be willing to bribe or coerce someone to seize the blogger’s domain. Has ICANN (or registry) ever been bribed or coerced? I understand a low quality registrar can, and can possibly take over a domain, but there is recourse (and punishment such as loss of registrar status) around these situations. I would of course avoid these micronation tlds and stick to well established tlds like com/net/org.