April 2, 2021 last updated 16:22 ET Rod Beckstrom, president and chief executive of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and Kurt Pritz, its senior vice president, speak at a press conference, London, June 13, 2012 (AP photo by Tim Hales).
A Fight in the U.K. Reveals the Problems With Internet Governance
It’s been called a “coup” attempt at the British registry for .uk domain names, and it has broad implications for internet governance. You may not have heard of Nominet, the company in question. You may not have heard of ICANN, either the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. But these two nonprofits are quite significant in the inward-looking world of internet governance.