A new CENTR report has quantifies the use of local languages on country code domain names. The report shows that local languages are popular on ccTLDs. Over half of websites have English as their primary language, but there’s a big difference between languages on each top level domain. CENTR, an organization representing European country code …
DNS Belgium, the Belgian domain registrar has announced a partnership with the economy minister to fight fraudulent e-commerce websites. This is expected to lead to a quicker take-down of misleading sites, within 24 hours of their identification, and increase consumer confidence in .be websites. The new powers allows the withdrawal of .be names at the …
Responsible for running and keeping the .UK internet infrastructure secure, Nominet has today given an update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to October 2018. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain is being used for criminal activity. The criminality report …
The Turnbull Government has released the findings of the review into Australia’s .au domain. The not-for-profit .au Domain Administration (auDA) oversees the operation of Australia’s .au domain, has been embroilled in leadership crisis for over two years resulting in a moderate leadership turnover. In 2017, the government opened a public cconsultation that would give a …
Although no ccTLD appears as frequently as .com in domain name disputes, it’s interesting to see which ccTLDs are subject to dispute the most often. Doug Isenberg writes that at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which hears more domain name disputes than any service provider, the most popular ccTLD that shows up in decisions …
The Australian Government has ordered a review into the operations of the .au policy and regulatory body, auDA. The order to could coming after 2 years or turmoil and mismanagement and that the government has had enough of the unending organization disputes. The Minister’s statement says that since auDA was established in 2000 “the digital …
AS reported by Milathan Post Registries wanting to sell their wares to Chinese registrants are once again facing a tightening of the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)’s regulations. A few days ago, on July 6, the Ministry published a notice excluding registries that do not hold a license from MIIT from operating …
The Costa Rican registry that manages the coutry’s .cr says it won’t comply to US Embassy’s threats to shut down the registry without a court order. The manager written to the ICANN organization to complain about harassment and personal insults unless it suspends ThePirateBay.cr. In a letter [PDF] sent to the head of the Governmental …
The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is certainly the most frequently used tool to combat cybersquatting — but, it is not always an option. Many countries have adopted their own domain name dispute policies — or none at all — in lieu of the UDRP. Since the launch of the WIPO ccTLD Program …
Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with a population of over 180 million. One would expect that the netizens of nigeria would prefer .ng over .com. However, only 80,000 internet users adopted Nigeria’s top level domain, NIRA official laments. According to premiumtimesng.com, Sunday Folayan, President of the association, noted that only 80,000 dotng …