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posted by n1 on Sunday July 12 2015, @05:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the icann-do-anything dept.

Privacy advocates, public interest groups and even some celebrities are raising alarms about a proposal that could limit the ability of some website owners to disguise themselves.

The issue has caught fire over the past few months as an obscure organization that manages the Internet's domain name system was inundated with comments about a proposal that could bar commercial websites from using proxies to register their web addresses.

Advocates argue anonymity is a key feature of free speech online, and removing that protection from people who create a website for commercial purposes could open vulnerable populations up to abuse.

El Reg reports:

As it stands on the last day of the comment period – 7 July – there are over 11,000 responses and the issue may break the previous record when ICANN proposed giving the green light to internet extension '.xxx' which would be used exclusively for adult content websites (in that case there were 12,757 comments).

Get while the gettin's good, Anonymous Cowards!

[Editor's Note: The "obscure organization" being ICANN...]


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @04:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @04:10AM (#208336)

    So you're in favor of banning things for everyone merely because they could be/are abused? Do you value freedom at all?

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