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US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News In addition to asserting its plans to retain control over the internet's "root", the master file that lists what top-level domains are authorised, the Bush administration said it planned to maintain its... [17 Aug 2006]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News While Congress doesn't have the authority to block approval of the settlement unless new laws are enacted, even the threat of congressional action could spur the Bush administration to try to negotiate... [08 Jun 2006]
Democrats rekindle porn domain debate
News But a firestorm of protests followed, including pleas by the Bush administration to put any action on hold. The 11-page measure would require the US Department of Commerce to work with Icann, the... [20 Mar 2006]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News The Bush administration resisted them. China has announced it is creating a new set of domain names based on Chinese characters. China has created three of its own... [02 Mar 2006]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News The Bush administration and its critics at a United Nations summit in Tunis, Tunisia, have inked a broad agreement on global internet management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week. By... [16 Nov 2005]
US bids to hold on to net
News Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the internet begins, technology firms including Google, IBM and Microsoft are supporting the Bush administration's efforts to maintain the United... [04 Nov 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News If ratified, Coleman's resolution would assure the Bush administration and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) of political support on Capitol Hill during the... [19 Oct 2005]
US moves to keep control of net names
News In a letter to Commerce and State Department officials, the lawmakers said the Bush administration should retain strong oversight over the internet domain name system, specifically the... [10 Oct 2005]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News The Bush administration and conservative groups have recently voiced opposition to the domain's creation. The fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx internet domain... [19 Sep 2005]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News In an unprecedented move in Icann's seven-year history, the Bush administration intervened in the domain name creation process by sending a letter saying: "The Department of Commerce has... [17 Aug 2005]
Bush gives .xxx porn domain a red light
News The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a dot-xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for internet pornography. ICM... [16 Aug 2005]
US can't dominate domain names, says UN
News The report says "no single government should have a pre-eminent role in relation to international internet governance" - which runs directly contrary to the Bush administration's position announced last... [18 Jul 2005]
US keeps keys to internet domain names
News The Bush administration announced on Thursday that the US government will not hand over control of the internet to any other organisation, a surprise move that could presage an international flap.... [01 Jul 2005]
Whois database 'contributes to fraud and ID theft'
News In September, the Bush administration ordered ICANN to improve the "accuracy of Whois data". When an internet domain is registered, the details of the owner are entered into the Whois... [07 Nov 2003]
Sex sites using misleading URLs face closure
News An example of an innocuous-sounding domain name with pornographic content is WhiteHouse.com, which is not sponsored by the Bush administration. The US House of Representatives is about... [27 Mar 2003]
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